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Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate


Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate
by Marc C. Johnson 

In contrast to today’s polarized politics, the US Senate of the 1960s functioned with a great deal more civility and bipartisan cooperation, despite deep political divisions. This book is both a history lesson and a study in the leadership styles majority leader Michael Mansfield (Democrat) and minority leader Everett Dirksen (Republican).

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