Tex McCrary
Home > Biographies & Memoire > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: historical, political and military > Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century
Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century

Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century

|
     0     
5
4
3
2
1




International Edition


About the Book

At last someone has discovered one of the most fascinating lives of the 20th century. As a crusading journalist, John Reagan "Tex" McCrary led the way from newspapering into radio and television. As a handsome adventurer, this well-connected Yalie romanced some of the world's most talented (and richest) women, winding up a globe-girdling love affair by marrying Jinx Falkenburg, then America's top model and later his partner on the air. As a brave Army Air Corps colonel in World War II, he took the first group of reporters into devastated Hiroshima, and was instrumental in the creation of an independent U.S. Air Force. As a political activist, he was a powerful influence in pulling General Eisenhower back from Paris to wrench the Republican presidential nomination from the hard right—even though his advocacy cost him his network job. As a pioneer publicist, Tex brought a social conscience to the builder of Levittown and sent a kid he was mentoring (me) to Moscow to set up the historic "kitchen debate" between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon. I could never get him to write his memoirs before he died; the active octogenarian stubbornly said "I won't live my life with eyes on the rear-view mirror." But Chuck Kelly, his longtime friend, interviewed him skillfully and often, and now we have an adventurer's eye-view of McCrary's little-known role in tempestuous times.—William Safire

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Texas, Exeter...and Yale: The Education of a Future "Insider" Chapter 2 Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal": The Depression and Isolationism Chapter 3 Bernard Baruch and the "Gathering Storm" in Europe Chapter 4 "We Want Willkie" "No Third Term!"...Roosevelt: "Your Sons Will Not Be Sent to Fight in Foriegn Wars" Chapter 5 The RAF "Eagle Squadron" and Lord Beaverbrook Chapter 6 Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: "Flying Fortresses" Over Germany Chapter 7 War in the Mediterranean: England's "Lifeline of Empire" Chapter 8 War in the Pacific: MacArthur and Hiroshima Chapter 9 A "Victory" Tour Through Asia: Intimations of Wars to Come Chapter 10 Tex and Jinx: Pioneers in Television Chapter 11 Korea: The Forgotten Ear: MacArthur and Truman Chapter 12 "I Like Ike" Chapter 13 "He Kept the Peace" Chapter 14 The Failure of an Eisenhower Succession: Rockefeller: What If? Chapter 15 Jack Kennedy: The Dream of Camelot and the Nightmare of Vietnam Chapter 16 "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Boys Did You Kill Today?" Chapter 17 Nixon's "Secret" War, His "Southern Strategy," and Disgrace Chapter 18 The Arab Oil Embargo: "That Damn Fool Nixon Turned His Back on the World's Largest Oil Reserve to Fight a Losing War in a Small Asian Country that Grows Rice!" Chapter 19 Ronald Reagan: "Morning in America"..."Mr. Gorbachev: Tear Down That Wall" Chapter 20 Bush "41": The Aborted Ending of the Gulf War Chapter 21 Bill Clinton: "All Sail; No Keel" Chapter 22 Citizens for Colin Powell: The Appeal of "The Sensible Center" Chapter 23 The Evil of Two Lessers: Bush "43" and Cheney and the Loss of the Popular Vote Chapter 24 The 9/11 Attack on America and War in Iraq


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761844556
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century
  • Width: 180 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0761844554
  • Publisher Date: 16 May 2009
  • Height: 255 mm
  • No of Pages: 258
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 594 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century
University Press of America -
Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Tex McCrary: Wars-Women-Politics, An Adventurous Life Across The American Century

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals

    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!