Adlai Stevenson’s Lasting Legacy

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Road to Springfield....Pages 15-21
Quest for the Presidency....Pages 23-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-28
Another Time, Another Politics....Pages 29-36
Would That the Guv Were Here....Pages 37-48
Stevenson: Concerned and Brilliant—His Finest Hour Was in Seeking a Nuclear Test Ban....Pages 49-55
About The H-Bomb....Pages 57-64
How Adlai Stevenson Helped to End Nuclear-Weapon Testing....Pages 65-75
Stevenson and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Today....Pages 77-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Adlai Stevenson and Our Times....Pages 89-96
On a World-Scale Roller Coaster: Adlai Stevenson at the UN, 1961–65....Pages 97-141
Thoughts of Stevenson’s UN Deputy Charles Yost....Pages 143-152
The Presidency and Our Role in and with the United Nations....Pages 153-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-166
Stevenson: His Impact on Education, International Affairs, Nixon, and Politics....Pages 167-186
Remembering Adlai Stevenson....Pages 187-195
Adlai’s Integrity and Credibility Were Impressive National Resources....Pages 197-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-210
His Past Is Prologue....Pages 211-214
A More Sensitive Foreign Policy....Pages 215-222
A Better Politics....Pages 223-225
Back Matter....Pages 227-233