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Middendorf II, J. William

 
9781591145370: Potomac Fever: A Memoir of Politics and Public Service
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ISBN 10 : 1591145376 ISBN 13 : 9781591145370
Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2011

Synopsis

A dozen years out of Harvard, investment banker Bill Middendorfs salary hit $250,000 a year; another dozen years, with his own firm and a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, his income was well into seven figures. But he was restive. I had learned how to make money, he writes. I wanted to learn how to make a difference.Thus, he became actively involved in politics, first at the local level and then with the presidential campaign of Senator Barry Goldwater (1964) and as treasurer of the Republican National Committee (19641968). There followed a series of challenging public service appointments: ambassador to The Netherlands, under secretary and secretary of the Navy, ambassador to the Organization of American States and ambassador to the European Community.John William Middendorf is a story-teller, and has many tales to share; from his World War II Navy service, to his first job wearing a string of pearls in a bank vault; on to a failed effort to bring a U.S.-style constitution to post-Soviet Russia; tales of villains and heroes, tales of narrow legislative victories on vital programs, tales of behind-the-scenes efforts to forestall war in the Falklands and to counter growing Communist control of the island of Grenada.

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À propos de l'auteur

John William Middendorf II served in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations as Secretary of the Navy, Ambassador to The Netherlands, U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States, and U.S. Representative to the European Community. He is a founding member, with William F. Buckley Jr., of the American Conservative Union and a board member of the Heritage Foundation

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Éditeur
Naval Institute Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1591145376
ISBN 13 
9781591145370
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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