Wayne Morse: A Political Biography ebook

by Mason Drukman

Mason Drukman Politics and Government English

Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon, known for his proclivity for opposing his party's leadership.

Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon, known for his proclivity for opposing his party's leadership, and specifically for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.

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Wayne Morse: A Political Biography Paperback – February 1, 2004. With that, and my own assessment of the book, I conclude that Mason Drukman succeeded in giving us an objective bio. of Senator Morse. by. Mason Drukman (Author). Wayne Morse was a great man, and like many great people, possessed great flaws along with considerable talent and convictions. As Morse's 1968 and 1972 primary opponent, Congressman Bob Duncan, said, "The tragedy of Wayne Morse was that he had no humility. This side of Morse comes through loud and clear, along with his brilliance and courage.

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A Political Biography. Oregon Historical Society.

In his book, Wayne Morse: A Political Biography, Drukman presents Morse's political life as a perplexing series of actions that were based, for better or worse, on an internal set of convictions that forced him to choose his own path. Drukman contends that only a maverick could have denounced LBJ's foreign policy on Vietnam in the Senate while simultaneously pushing through the president's education bills

The career of Wayne Morse, Oregon's maverick senator (1944-68) .

The career of Wayne Morse, Oregon's maverick senator (1944-68), offers insights on political issues that shaped the twentieth century and continue to echo in the twenty-first. of the New Frontier and the Great Society.

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Wayne Morse: Biography, History, Book, Gulf of Tonkin, Politician, Senator (1997). Smith, A. Robert (1962). The Tiger in the Senate: Biography of Wayne Morse. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Manger, William; Wayne Lyman Morse (1965).

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The career of Wayne Morse, Oregon's maverick senator (1944-68), offers insights on political issues that shaped the twentieth century and continue to echo in the twenty-first. Best known for being one of two senators to oppose the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that initiated U.S. military intervention in Vietnam, Morse also maintained outspoken, principled stances on McCarthyism, labor rights, civil rights, equal access to education, the death penalty, and the importance of the checks and balances written into the Constitution. Morse could be eccentric and contradictory, but he was consistent in his readiness to speak against prevailing opinion and party politics in support ofhis personal convictions.

Drawing on archival research, oral histories, and interviews with scores of Morse's contemporaries, Mason Drukman captures the vitality of a man who became dean of the University of Oregon Law School at age thirty-two, was involved in labor struggles of the 1930s and 1940s, and became the member of Congress most responsible for improving American education during the years of the New Frontier and the Great Society. In a balanced account and with lucid prose, Drukman offers a critical look at several decades of U.S. politics.

Perongafa

I was fortunate enough to know the late great State Senator Monroe Sweetland, considered by many the father of the modern day Democratic Party of Oregon, for the last ten years of his life. In the late 1990s, he invited me to join the Wayne Morse Historical Park Board of Directors in Eugene, OR. The group was thrilled to see this bio completed, although at least a couple of partisans thought that the book didn't paint Morse favorably enough and focused too much on his feud with Senator Neuberger. With that, and my own assessment of the book, I conclude that Mason Drukman succeeded in giving us an objective bio. of Senator Morse.

Wayne Morse was a great man, and like many great people, possessed great flaws along with considerable talent and convictions. As Morse's 1968 and 1972 primary opponent, Congressman Bob Duncan, said, "The tragedy of Wayne Morse was that he had no humility." This side of Morse comes through loud and clear, along with his brilliance and courage. As with other great leaders, Lyndon Johnson for example, even if one could have removed their obvious flaws would the greatness have remained?

Morse wasn't quite the legislative giant that LBJ was (was anyone?), buthis contributions to labor, civil rights, education and rural development, among other areas, were considerable, and Drukman enumerates his accomplishments. His lonely fight against American imperialism, especially in Vietnam, was a losing battle, but Morse spoke out as forcefully as anyone.

Morse's' presidential candidacy in 1960 has been largely forgotten, but Drukman revives it. Most historians seem to think that JFK was home free after defeating Hubert Humphrey in West Virginia, but he still had to face Morse in Maryland and Oregon.

Anyone interested in mid 20th century American history should read this book

Ausstan

Drukman explores nearly every facet of this incredible leader. Further, he does so with clear, thoughtful writing which illuminates the fascinating figures in every chapter. After researching Wayne Morse for three years myself (for a documentary film), I can honestly say that he is the only politician I know of who never once strayed from principle or betrayed the public trust. Indeed he sought to save America from those who did.

Nikok

This is only one of two Morse biographies and this is by far the most encompassing of the of the two. It was published after Morse had passed away. More background was given on the Morse-Neuberger friend and foe relationship. Morse was far from perfect and his dealings with Neuberger are evidence of this. Even with these failings, he was a remarkable man and great Oregonian. He and Tom McCall helped define how non Oregonians view our state. As a political junkie, I myself, would have loved to read more about his 1960 Presidential campaign and his Senate campaigns of 1972 and 1974 in more detail than what was offered in the book. Drukman does a fine job at capturing both the Morse the public knew and the one his friends and political adversaries knew.