Having the Last Word : A Personal History of the Twentieth Century

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ISBN: 9780738842479 | 0738842478
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/1/2000

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Preface	p. 9
Introduction: Progress--Or Just Change?	p. 13
Farm to Town--The Great Migration	p. 15
City and Town--Is There Any There There? The Automobile World	p. 21
Everyday Life Then--The Thirties	p. 24
My Grandparents' World	p. 38
My Parents' World--The Twenties	p. 42
The Crash, The Depression, The New Deal and Mayor LaGuardia	p. 45
1935: A Year of Big Changes--Manumit School	p. 59
World War I and II up to Pearl Harbor	p. 69
"Mind the Light" But Obey the Rules: George School, 1938-1942	p. 79
The Red Menace	p. 87
"Solidarity Forever For The Union Makes Us Strong"--Union Song	p. 103
The War--Pearl Harbor to V-J Day and Discharge	p. 114
The War In Retrospect	p. 131
My G.I. Bill* Years--1946: Student Federalists, Back to Harvard	p. 139
My G.I. Bill Years--1947 and 1948: Wedding Bells and Fatherhood	p. 146
My G.I. Bill Years--Columbia Law School--1948-1952	p. 152
Postwar America--The Cold War, Success in Europe, Defeat in China, Spies in Goverment	p. 159
Korea	p. 170
Manumit School in Pennsylvania--1952-1954	p. 174
The Witch Hunt	p. 182
Going Dutch--1953-1954	p. 189
Bard College--1954-1958	p. 196
Williams College--First Encounter, 1958	p. 209
War and Peace--World Federalism	p. 220
Politics in Mid-Century: The Eisenhower Years	p. 227
Some New Presidents From Massachusetts Named Jack	p. 234
The Farm at Petersburg	p. 242
Kennedy and Khrushchev--The Climax of the Cold War	p. 247
Life at Williams--The Sixties	p. 256
"We Shall Overcome"--LBJ At His Best--1963-1965	p. 266
Vietnam	p. 277
We Move to Clark University and Barre	p. 283
The Troubles--1968	p. 294
More Troubles--1969-1970	p. 309
Moving Back to Williams	p. 321
1971--Coeducation--Canoeing Down the Missouri	p. 329
Vincent Riorden R.I.P.--Watergate--1972 Election--Crows Nest and Mt. Hope--More Watergate--Enter Mark Boyden	p. 337
The Jimmy Carter Years	p. 354
Sailing	p. 364
My Second and Final Career at Williams--1970-1986	p. 371
The Reagan/Bush Years	p. 383
Travels	p. 396
Fin de Siecle	p. 408
The Arts--De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum	p. 423
Faith--"It Ain't Necessarily So"--A Sermon	p. 436
The Last Word	p. 450
Bibliography--A Life List	p. 463
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