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03886aam a2200469 i 4500 001 036AD90ED2B111ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 220317s2023 cauaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2022012995 020 $a 1503631125 020 $a 9781503631120 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E840.8.S535 $b T38 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220615 100 1 $a Taubman, Philip, $e author. 245 10 $a In the nation's service : $b the life and times of George P. Shultz / $c Philip Taubman. 264 1 $a Stanford, California : $b Stanford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xix, 456 pages 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Early years. "Grow up a real man" -- No empty threats -- The real economy -- Pathway to power -- Part II. Nixon administration, Bechtel. Equal opportunity -- Treasury travails -- Part III. Reagan administration. Odd man out -- A common foundation -- Stumbling start -- Soviet policy standoff -- Nancy Reagan to the rescue -- Shultz's opponents strike back -- A test of loyalty -- Hitting bottom -- The target is destroyed -- Combating terrorism -- Reelection and renewed hope -- Sea change in the Kremlin -- The fireside summit -- Battles that never end -- Implosion of a presidency -- Back on track -- Encore in Moscow. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Shultz, George P., $d 1920-2021. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1981-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 600 17 $a Shultz, George P., $d 1920-2021. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00007487. 650 7 $a Cabinet officers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00843535. 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412. 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741. 650 7 $a Statesmen. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01131990. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155. 648 7 $a 1945-1989 $2 fast. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230404020417.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230404020003.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=036AD90ED2B111ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search