Reviews

"Herbert Brownell's memoirs read like a mystery novel as he describes some of Eisenhower's most exciting moves and the motives behind them. Historians and others alike will find rich lodes in this book."--Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, 1969-1986"A fascinating firsthand account of the Eisenhower years written by a man who knows more about those years than anyone alive."--William P. Rogers, former U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State"Brownell's contributions to America go far beyond his years at the Justice Department. He memorably re-creates the Nebraska of William Jennings Bryan and George Norris and the Manhattan of Al Smith and Fiorello La Guardia. His accounts of Tom Dewey's unsuccessful campaigns and of the much happier effort to nominate the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket are invaluable. It's only fitting that the man who served in many ways as the conscience of the Eisenhower administration should help us to understand both the man and his era as never before."--Richard Norton Smith, director of the Hoover Presidential Library and author of Thomas E. Dewey and His Times"The presidential Republican party of this era could aptly be named the 'Brownell Party' rather than the 'Dewey' or 'Eisenhower Party.' These recollections are particularly important because in Brownell's day--before the opening up of political processes to more 'outsider' influences--the role of internal party brokers and strategists like him was crucial."--Robert F. Burk, author of The Eisenhower Administration and Civil Rights"Herbert Brownell was a superb Attorney General who played a major role in this country's difficult journey to eradicate legally sanctioned racism. His extraordinary memoirs demonstrate that a competent and fair Attorney General, even with a conservative president, can be a major factor in assuring equal justice for all Americans."--A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit