9781586489366 - The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis de Shapiro, Ira (26 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Large, sturdy book, white covers, silver lettering bright on spine, 475 pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar with white background, brown, blue and gray elsewhere with small photographs of leaders, colorful spine, a photo of author at top back. DJ and book, both As New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hardcover with white paper over boards, silver lettering along spine. White DJ with brown, blue, and gray accents, black and white text. Minor scuffing from shelf wear, corners gently bumped. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2012, stated first edition. Number line reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2". 475 pages, all clean and bright. Binding neat and tight. Title page inscribed "4/15/12, To Bill Hathaway- With admiration for your time in the great Senate. Ira Shapiro" in black ink. Please email us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. First Edition [stated]. xxi, [1], 475, [5] pages. A Note on Sources. Interviews. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed on the title page: With Appreciation for your interest in politics--Ira Shapiro. Ira Shapiro is a Senior Advisor with Albright Stonebridge Group's East Asia & Pacific practice, where he assists clients in formulating trade and investment strategies across Asia, and globally. A specialist in trade law and policy, he has extensive experience serving clients in and from Japan. Ambassador Shapiro served as Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator with Japan and Canada, and as General Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under President Clinton. In these roles, he was centrally involved in completing the negotiations of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the multilateral Uruguay Round and successfully resolved contentious bilateral disputes between the U.S. and Japan on automobiles and semi-conductors. As a partner at the law firm Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Shapiro advised clients on international trade matters, market access, and intellectual property rights. He also played a key role in the legal team that won landmark victories in World Trade Organization cases against China, representing the U.S. motion picture, recording, and publishing industries. Mr. Shapiro served twelve years in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate and helped the Presidential candidates select Vice Presidential running mates in 1992 and 2000. Mr. Shapiro is the author of The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis, a critically acclaimed narrative history of the U.S. Senate in the late 1970s. Indiana Senator Evan Bayh gave up his seat in the U.S. Senate because, in his words, "There is too much partisanship and not enough progress--too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem solving.Even at a time of enormous challenge the people's business in not being done." In this book, Ira Shapiro narrates the final four years of the Senate's era of greatness, which was followed by the relentless move to the right of the Republican Party and the steep decline of legislative body that had set a formidable example for democracies the world over. It is the story of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis years of the late 1970s, transcending partisanship and overcoming procedural roadblocks that have all but crippled the Senate since their departure. Derived from a Kirkus review: From a Washington insider, an edifying examination of the last four years of the Senate's "era of greatness"-1977 to 1980. The class of '62 presided over the Senate during the two ensuing decades that wrought the great civil-rights legislation, cut off funding for the Vietnam War, propounded environmental-protection laws and oversaw the Watergate hearings, among other epic national battles. Shapiro, now an international trade law lawyer in Washington, concentrates on the tail end of that brave, progressive and fluidly bipartisan run, when Robert Byrd of West Virginia acceded as majority leader, inheriting the inspired leadership mantle of LBJ and Mike Mansfield before him. By 1977, with the election of Jimmy Carter, the Senate had regained its democratic footing since being unsettled by the "imperial presidency" of Richard Nixon, and was receptive to Carter's urging for strengthening ethics in government. Despite Carter's tendency to circumvent legislators' input altogether, Byrd's diverse, youngish, dynamic Senate passed the ethics code, met the energy crisis, deregulated airlines, raised the minimum wage, passed the Panama Canal treaties, took on labor law reform, saved New York City and Chrysler from financial collapse, protected Alaska wilderness land and agreed to the peace proposal between the rancorous parties in the Middle East. All of these Herculean efforts required the experience and cajoling of now-legendary senators like Moynihan, Javitz, Kennedy, Ribicoff, Muskie, Church and Mondale. The progressive run would come to a screeching halt with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and the decisive turn of the Senate, and populace, to the right. A work of broad, archival and anecdotal research by a writer with a good grasp of the messy era and times.

Hardcover, 475 pages. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed on title page by Ira Shapiro.First Edition. Gilding to outer spine. Bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Light age wear to text block. Small page folds and bumping to tops of pages 277 - 313. Autographed Copy hype sticker on front of dust jacket. Light age wear and creasing to dust jacket.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. With signature and warm inscription by the author. A clean tight copy, looking near new. Little bump to lower front corner. Jacket crisp and clean. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 475 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. xxi, [1], 475, [5] pages. A Note on Sources. Interviews. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page: To Henry--With appreciation for your long public service. Ira. Ira Shapiro is a Senior Advisor with Albright Stonebridge Group's East Asia & Pacific practice, where he assists clients in formulating trade and investment strategies across Asia, and globally. A specialist in trade law and policy, he has extensive experience serving clients in and from Japan. Ambassador Shapiro served as Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator with Japan and Canada, and as General Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under President Clinton. In these roles, he was centrally involved in completing the negotiations of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the multilateral Uruguay Round and successfully resolved contentious bilateral disputes between the U.S. and Japan on automobiles and semiconductors. As a partner at the law firm Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Shapiro advised clients on international trade matters, market access, and intellectual property rights. He played a key role in the legal team that won landmark victories in World Trade Organization cases against China, representing the U.S. motion picture, recording, and publishing industries. Mr. Shapiro served twelve years in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate and helped the candidates select Vice Presidential running mates in 1992 and 2000. Mr. Shapiro is the author of The Last Great Senate, a critically acclaimed narrative history of the U.S. Senate in the late 1970s. Indiana Senator Evan Bayh gave up his seat in the U.S. Senate because, in his words, "There is too much partisanship and not enough progress--too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem solving.Even at a time of enormous challenge the people's business in not being done." In this book, Ira Shapiro narrates the final four years of the Senate's era of greatness, which was followed by the relentless move to the right of the Republican Party and the steep decline of legislative body that had set a formidable example for democracies the world over. It is the story of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis years of the late 1970s, transcending partisanship and overcoming procedural roadblocks that have all but crippled the Senate since their departure. Derived from a Kirkus review: From a Washington insider, an edifying examination of the last four years of the Senate's "era of greatness"â"1977 to 1980. The class of '62 presided over the Senate during the two ensuing decades that wrought the great civil-rights legislation, cut off funding for the Vietnam War, propounded environmental-protection laws and oversaw the Watergate hearings, among other epic national battles. Shapiro, now an international trade law lawyer in Washington, concentrates on the tail end of that brave, progressive and fluidly bipartisan run, when Robert Byrd of West Virginia acceded as majority leader, inheriting the inspired leadership mantle of LBJ and Mike Mansfield before him. By 1977, with the election of Jimmy Carter, the Senate had regained its democratic footing since being unsettled by the "imperial presidency" of Richard Nixon, and was receptive to Carter's urging for strengthening ethics in government. Despite Carter's tendency to circumvent legislators' input altogether, Byrd's diverse, youngish, dynamic Senate passed the ethics code, met the energy crisis, deregulated airlines, raised the minimum wage, passed the Panama Canal treaties, took on labor law reform, saved New York City and Chrysler from financial collapse, protected Alaska wilderness land and agreed to the peace proposal between the rancorous parties in the Middle East. All of these Herculean efforts required the experience and cajoling of now-legendary senators like Moynihan, Javitz, Kennedy, Ribicoff, Muskie, Church and Mondale. The progressive run would come to a screeching halt with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and the decisive turn of the Senate, and populace, to the right. A work of broad, archival and anecdotal research by a writer with a good grasp of the messy era and times. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

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