In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

by Philip Taubman
In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz

by Philip Taubman

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Overview

The definitive biography of a distinguished public servant, who as US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War.

Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. No one at the highest levels of the United States government did it better or with greater consequence in the last half of the 20th century, often against withering resistance. His quiet, effective leadership altered the arc of history. While political, social, and cultural dynamics have changed profoundly since Shultz served at the commanding heights of American power in the 1970s and 1980s, his legacy and the lessons of his career have even greater meaning now that the Shultz brand of conservatism has been almost erased in the modern Republican Party.

This book, from longtime New York Times Washington reporter Philip Taubman, restores the modest Shultz to his central place in American history. Taubman reveals Shultz's gift for forging relationships with people and then harnessing the rapport to address national and international challenges, under his motto "trust is the coin of the realm"—as well as his difficulty standing up for his principles, motivated by a powerful sense of loyalty that often trapped him in inaction. Based on exclusive access to Shultz's personal papers, housed in a sealed archive at the Hoover Institution, In the Nation's Service offers a remarkable insider account of the behind-the-scenes struggles of the statesman who played a pivotal role in unwinding the Cold War.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781503631120
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 01/10/2023
Pages: 504
Sales rank: 391,022
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Philip Taubman is a lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Before joining CISAC, Mr. Taubman worked at The New York Times as a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues, including intelligence and defense policies and operations. He is author of The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb (2012) and Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage (2003).

Table of Contents

01. "Grow Up a Real Man"
02. No Empty Threats
03. The Real Economy
04. Pathway to Power
05. Equal Opportunity
06. Treasury Travails
07. Odd Man Out
08. A Common Foundation
09. Stumbling Start
10. Soviet Policy Standoff
11. Nancy Reagan to the Rescue
12. Shultz's Opponents Strike Back
13. A Test of Loyalty
14. Hitting Bottom
15. The Target Is Destroyed
16. Combating Terrorism
17. Reelection and Renewed Hope
18. Sea Change in the Kremlin
19. The Fireside Summit
20. Battles That Never End
21. Implosion of a Presidency
22. Back on Track
23. Encore in Moscow
24. Epilogue
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