"Formidable legislator and frustrated Shakespearean actor, Everett
Dirksen, has received the recognition he is due. . . A splendid new
political biography."--David Broder"A thoroughly engaging,
judiciously presented, and richly documented study of a pivotal
figure in Cold War era American political history. Hulsey
demonstrates full command of his material; has located and
effectively mined the rich but widely scattered primary sources;
and has skillfully fashioned a smoothly flowing narrative likely to
appeal to a sizeable audience."--Richard A. Baker, director of the
United States Senate Historical Office and author of The Senate of
the United States: A Bicentennial History"A lively and perceptive
study of an important and colorful Republican leader that greatly
enhances our understanding of congressional politics in the
1960s."--Robert A. Divine, author of America Past and Present and
Eisenhower and the Cold War
"Hulsey has brought back to life one of the most colorful,
effective and distinctive personalities ever to sit in the U.S.
Senate."--Washington Times"Hulsey has examined the scattered papers
of Dirksen and his Senate colleagues, weaving far-flung archival
material with the secondary literature to produce a seamless
narrative. Well written and absorbing, Hulsey's book represents an
important effort to recapture the essence of political history in
the Cold War as well as the crucial role Congress played in
shaping, rather than just being shaped by, the postwar consensus
and its imperial Presidential offspring."--H-Net Reviews"Byron
Hulsey has written an engaging study of U.S. Senator Everett
Dirksen, a giant in every sense of the word, who will long be
remembered as a skillful politician and counsel to
presidents."--Journal of Politics"This books will stand as the
definitive biography of the Illinois senator for the next
generation or so."--Journal of Illinois History
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