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Tag Archives: Marshall Plan
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 8
For my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’d like to use as my starting-point how Ambrose characterizes the Old Guard of the Republican Party, which was influential during Richard Nixon’s time in Congress. On … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Chiang Kaishek, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Formosa, Harry Truman, Marshall Plan, Old Guard, Richard Nixon, Robert Taft, Stephen Ambrose
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 12
There were two passages in my latest reading of Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952 that stood out to me: 1. Murray Chotiner worked for Richard Nixon when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Irwin Gellman, Marshall Plan, Murray Chotiner, Richard Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, The Contender, William Knowland
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 5
My latest reading of Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952 focused on Congressman Richard Nixon’s stance on the Marshall Plan, a post-World War II attempt by the U.S. to provide monetary assistance to help European nations … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Economics, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Ronald Reagan
Tagged Harry Truman, Irwin Gellman, Marshall Plan, Richard Nixon, The Contender
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Al Gore’s Earth in the Balance 11
In my latest reading of Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, Al Gore talked about a Global Marshall Plan for the environment. This came up in the 1992 Vice-Presidential debate, as Dan Quayle referred to page 304 … Continue reading
Posted in Candidates, Environment, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged 1992 Presidential Election, Abortion, Al Gore, Contraception, dan quayle, Earth in the Balance, Marshall Plan, Strategic Defense Initiative, Third World, world government
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