"Six Crises Six Crises is the first book written by Richard Nixon, who later became the thirty-seventh president of the United States. It was published in 1962, and it recounts his role in six major political situations. Nixon wrote the book in response to John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize–winning ""Profiles in Courage"", which had greatly improved Kennedy's public image. ""Six Crises"" was Nixon's response to the John F. Kennedy book, ""Profiles in Courage"" (1955), which described the courage of eight US Senators. Kennedy sent Nixon a copy of his book, which Nixon thanked him for the next day. In 1961,"
"Profiles in Courage Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators. The book profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions. It begins with a quote from Edmund Burke on the courage of the English statesman Charles James Fox, in his 1783 attack upon the tyranny of the East India Company in the House of Commons. The book focuses intensely on mid-19th-century antebellum"
"its release on January 1, 1956, ""Profiles in Courage"" became a best seller. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957, even though it was not one of the finalists forwarded to the Pulitzer Prize board from the selection committee. Kennedy's father Joseph asked columnist Arthur Krock, his political adviser and a longtime member of the prize board, to persuade others to vote for it. The book returned to the bestseller lists in 1961 after Kennedy became president and 1963 after he was assassinated. ""Profiles in Courage"" was made into a television series of the same name that"
"In Ian Fleming's book Man with the Golden Gun, fictional hero James Bond reads the book and the section on Edmund Ross Profiles in Courage Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators. The book profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions. It begins with a quote from Edmund Burke on the courage of the English statesman Charles James Fox, in his"
"Jules Davids Jules Davids (December 10, 1920–December 6, 1996) was a professor of diplomatic history at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University until his retirement in 1986. A prolific author, his most famous work was undoubtedly his editorial assistance on ""Profiles in Courage,"" a surprise bestseller that won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for biography for its author, Senator John F Kennedy. He graduated from Brooklyn College. Davids received $700 for his labors and acknowledgement in the foreword that he ""materially assisted in the preparation of several chapters,"" but extensive revelations from many sources, including a"
"well that it could consign you to private life and the vehement denunciation of almost all your party friends.” However, there is significant evidence that suggests Ross was bribed. Edmund G. Ross is one of eight U.S. Senators featured in ""Profiles in Courage"", the 1956 Pulitzer Prize-winning history co-written by then-Senator John F. Kennedy and Theodore Sorensen in commemoration of past acts of political courage in Congress. Upon retirement from the Senate, Ross went back into the newspaper business briefly, launching a publication in Coffeyville, Kansas. From 1885 to 1889, he served as governor of New Mexico Territory, appointed by"
"Profile in Courage Award The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book of the same name. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests. The winners of the award are selected by a bi-partisan committee named by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes"
"son's candidacy, while John Kennedy's younger brother Robert Kennedy emerged as an important member of the campaign. In the presidential election, General Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Massachusetts by a margin of 208,000 votes, but Kennedy defeated Lodge by 70,000 votes for the Senate seat. The following year, he married Jacqueline Bouvier. Kennedy underwent several spinal operations over the next two years. Often absent from the Senate, he was at times critically ill and received Catholic last rites. During his convalescence in 1956, he published ""Profiles in Courage"", a book about U.S. senators who risked their careers for their personal beliefs,"
"America and the efforts of senators to delay the American Civil War. ""Profiles"" was widely celebrated and became a best seller. John F. Kennedy is credited as the author, although the extent of his contribution has been questioned. In his 2008 autobiography, Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorensen said he had written most of the book under Kennedy's guidance. Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946, 1948, and 1950 for the state of Massachusetts. In 1952 and 1958, he was elected a senator from Massachusetts, and served in the Senate until resigning after he was elected president in 1960."
"Alabama; Lamar County, Georgia; and Lamar County, Mississippi. Lamar, Colorado was also named for him by the town fathers in the futile hope that he would designate it the home of the government mining office. Also named in his honor are at least two roadways: Lamar Blvd in Oxford and Lamar Avenue (US 78, and originally known as Pigeon Roost Road) in Memphis. Lamar was later featured in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ""Profiles in Courage"" (1957), for his eulogy speech for Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner (R) in 1874, along with his support of the findings of a partisan"
"Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his service. After the war, Kennedy represented the 11th congressional district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate and served as the junior Senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. While in the Senate, he published his book entitled ""Profiles in Courage"","
"trustees of Concord Academy, which she attended as a teen. Kennedy and other members of her family created the Profile in Courage Award in 1989. The award is given to a public official or officials whose actions demonstrate politically courageous leadership in the spirit of John F. Kennedy's book, ""Profiles in Courage"". In 2001, she presented the award to former president Gerald Ford for his controversial pardon of former president Richard M. Nixon almost 30 years prior. She is also president of the Kennedy Library Foundation and an adviser to the Harvard Institute of Politics, a living memorial to her"
"for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957. Rumors that this work was co-written by his close adviser and speechwriter, Ted Sorensen, were confirmed in Sorensen's 2008 autobiography. At the 1956 Democratic National Convention, Senator Kennedy gave the nominating speech for the party's presidential nominee, Adlai Stevenson II. Stevenson let the convention select the Vice Presidential nominee. Kennedy finished second in the balloting, losing to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee but receiving national exposure as a result. One of the matters demanding Kennedy's attention in the Senate was President Eisenhower's bill for the Civil Rights Act of"
"they had enough for a book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ""Profiles in Courage"" (1956). On June 8, 1945 Agar married Mrs Euan Wallace, widow of the former British Minister of Transport. Agar died on November 24, 1980 in Sussex, England, where he lived since World War II. Herbert Agar Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 – 24 November 1980) was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the ""Louisville Courier-Journal"". Herbert Sebastian Agar was born September 29, 1897 in New Rochelle, New York to John G. Agar and Agnes Louis Macdonough. He graduated from Columbia University in 1919 and"
"the published version of the Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History, and was the winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for History. His other works include ""The Latin American Policy of the United States"" (1943) and ""The Diplomacy of the American Revolution"" (1935). His single greatest scholarly achievement was his two-volume life of John Quincy Adams. ""John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy"" (1949) won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1950; its sequel, ""John Quincy Adams and the Union"" (1956), covered Adams's life from his Presidency through his second political career as a member"
"recognize achievements in literature, poetry, history, music, and drama. Joseph Pulitzer Joseph J. Pulitzer (; ; born József Pulitzer; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a newspaper publisher of the ""St. Louis Post-Dispatch"" and the ""New York World"". He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York. In the 1890s the fierce competition between his ""World"" and William Randolph Hearst's ""New York Journal"" caused both to develop the techniques of yellow journalism, which"
"like them, and understands."" Referring to Charles I of England, historian Veronica Wedgwood wrote this sentence in her 1955 book ""The King's Peace, 1637–1641"": ""The King in his natural optimism still believed that a silent majority in Scotland were in his favour."" Also in 1955, while Nixon was serving as vice-president to Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and his research assistants wrote in his book ""Profiles in Courage"", ""Some of them may have been representing the actual sentiments of the silent majority of their constituents in opposition to the screams of a vocal minority..."" In January 1956, Kennedy gave"
"the Presidency as a branch of the Federal Government is the subject of an entire chapter in President John F. Kennedy's book, ""Profiles in Courage."" That opinion has been rejected by some scholars, such as Ralph Roske, and endorsed by others, such as Avery Craven. Not one of the Republican senators who voted for acquittal ever again served in an elective office. Although they were under intense pressure to change their votes to conviction during the trial, afterward public opinion rapidly shifted around to their viewpoint. Some senators who voted for conviction, such as John Sherman and even Charles Sumner,"
"has been purchased by Springer. Throughout his academic career, Horowitz received many awards, including a special citation from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for his 1957 book, ""The Idea of War and Peace in Contemporary Philosophy""; recognition by ""Time"" magazine as a leader of a new breed of radical sociologist; the Centennial Medallion from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1971, for outstanding contribution to a humanistic social science; and a Presidential Outstanding Achievement Award, 1985, from Rutgers University. He was a member of the Carnegie Council, American Association of Publishers, American Political Science Association, American Association for"
"until a sudden unexplained emotional disturbance changed his entire personality in 1971. He refused all medical help. He divorced in 1972, rejected all his friends, and feuded intensely with students, faculty and administrators. In 1974 he resigned from Harvard, but his scholarly skills and interests remained strong. In 1956, the American Political Science Association awarded Hartz its Woodrow Wilson Prize for ""The Liberal Tradition in America"", and in 1977 gave him its Lippincott Prize, designed to honor scholarly works of enduring importance. The book remains a key text in the political science graduate curriculum in American politics in universities today,"
"John F. Kennedy, Nevins wrote the foreword to the inaugural edition of Kennedy's ""Profiles in Courage"". He also joined his friend, frequent co-editor, and Columbia colleague Henry Steele Commager in organizing ""Professors for Kennedy"", a political advocacy group in the 1960 presidential election. In the late 1960s Nevins and Commager parted ways over the issue of the Vietnam War, a war that Commager opposed on constitutional grounds, while Nevins thought it necessary in the Cold War against Communism. Many of the titles are available free online here Allan Nevins Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was"
"Courage: Eight Portraits Courage: Eight Portraits is a non-fiction book by former British prime minister Gordon Brown. Published in 2007, it comprises short biographical accounts of the lives of eight notable individuals, drawn together as an exploration of the concept of courage. The eight subjects of the book are Aung San Suu Kyi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Cicely Saunders, and Raoul Wallenberg. The book was written during Brown's tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was first published on 4 June 2007, three weeks before he became Prime Minister. In his acknowledgements, Brown"
"the 1952 Republican Party presidential primaries and general election. Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power is a 1995 biography of the U.S. president and military leader by historian William B. Pickett, a professor (now emeritus) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was published as part of Harlan Davidson's American Biographical History Series. Divided into six parts, the book chronicles Eisenhower's early life, wartime service, presidency and retirement. In addition to telling Eisenhower's life story, the book was a re-examination of his political legacy, part of a trend challenging previous historians'"
"seven volumes, 1948–1957. A recent evaluation of its 3582 pages concludes, ""Although a few specific interpretations have been supplanted, this remains the most comprehensive study of Washington and the best place to check for specific activities, military movements, and decisions."" Freeman's research was thorough, and the story is told from Washington's own viewpoint. Freeman wrote, ""the great big thing stamped across that man is character."" By character, says David Hackett Fischer ""Freeman meant integrity, self-discipline, courage, absolute honesty, resolve, and decision, but also forbearance, decency, and respect for others."" Freeman posthumously won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his work,"
"when he became the first recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award; the second in 1991 was U.S. Representative Charles Weltner, another civil rights advocate from Georgia. In the twilight of his life, he received long-sought vindication when he was able to travel to Boston, Massachusetts, to accept the award from then U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy. His autobiography, ""The Cost of Courage: The Journey of An American Congressman"", written with journalist Michael D'Orso and published in 1992, was reprinted by the University of Alabama Press. A one-hour television special, ""Conscience of a Congressman: The Life and"
"Team of Rivals Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a 2005 book by Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, published by Simon & Schuster. The book is a biographical portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865. Three of his Cabinet members had previously run against Lincoln in the 1860 election: Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase and Secretary of State William H. Seward. The book focuses on Lincoln's mostly successful attempts to reconcile conflicting personalities"
"students of English, history and the romance languages. Fox was the subject of the epigraph in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer-prize winning book ""Profiles in Courage"": ""He well knows what snares are spread about his path, from personal animosity…and possibly from popular delusion. But he has put to hazard his ease, his security, his interest, his power, even his…popularity. …He is traduced and abused for his supposed motives. He will remember that obloquy is a necessary ingredient in the composition of all true glory: he will remember…that calumny and abuse are essential parts of triumph. …He may live long, he may"
"a Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1960. As a young man in World War I, he served in 52nd Infantry, Sixth Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Leidhodlt, Alex, ""Standing Before the Shouting Mob: Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's Massive Resistance to Public School Integration"" (University of Alabama Press, 1997) Lenoir Chambers Lenoir Chambers (1891-1970) was a writer, biographer and newspaper editor. In 1960, as editor of The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia (now owned by Landmark Media Enterprises), he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his series of editorials in favor of school desegregation, especially in Virginia. He was elected to"
"of Georges Simenon, which was given to the Wilhelm Heyne Verlag by Kiepenheuer & Witsch. In addition, the paperbacks of the Kindler Verlag were taken over. The 1950s and '60s were also characterized by the introduction of various series in addition to the regular program (General Series). These included Heyne Paperbacks for world literary works as well as Heyne Science Fiction and Heyne Trade books. The latter started with ""Profiles in Courage"" by John F. Kennedy, for which the author received the Pulitzer Prize. In 1970, the Moewig Verlag, which the Heyne family had bought before the Second World War,"
"of Leadership will become part of Churchill College and the Moller Institute at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. James MacGregor Burns James MacGregor Burns (August 3, 1918 in Melrose, MA – July 15, 2014 in Williamstown, MA) was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies. He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1971 Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book"
"bequest, Dr. Luthin was hired to the library staff. It was here, in the position of bibliographer, that he expanded the collection of American books and other literary items. In addition to his teaching at Columbia University, Dr. Luthin taught as a visiting lecturer at Trinity College (Connecticut), the College of William & Mary and before retirement taught at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a former fellow in history at Duke University. President John F. Kennedy, in his 1955 book ""Profiles in Courage"", referenced Luthin's ""American Demagogues"" as one of his sources. Luthin died of cancer at age 57"
"entrepreneur John Myers (1887); poet Ezra Pound (1905); drama critic and Algonquin Round Table member Alexander Woollcott (1909); pioneering advertising executive Alex Osborn (1909), credited with the creativity technique brainstorming; jurist and diplomat Philip Jessup (1919); influential psychologist and social philosopher B. F. Skinner (1926); pathologist Lauren Ackerman (1927); diplomat Sol Linowitz (1935); sexuality researcher William Masters (1938); Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Paul Greengard (1948); Tony Award-winning writer Thomas Meehan (1951); The Bank of New York president and philanthropist J. Carter Bacot (1955); civil rights leader Robert Parris Moses (1956); Delaware governor Michael Castle (1961); novelist Terry Brooks (1966); Procter &"
"lanterns on USS ""Constitution"", the last sail-powered ship to remain part of the US Navy, which is permanently moored nearby. Profile in Courage Award The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book of the same name. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests. The"