Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside

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Ted Van Dyk was a senior advisor to presidential candidates Humphrey, McGovern, Carter, Ted Kennedy, Mondale, Hart, and Tsongas; served as vice president of Columbia University; and contributed regular essays to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other national publications, before returning to Bellingham, Washington.

"Well worth the attention of political junkies, students of American history, or anyone else who wants to know how politics really worked in the glory days of the Democratic Party. . . . Van Dyk's memoir is a great read, a wonderful primer for those who might seek to enter politics themselves, and a terrific walk down memory ...

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Ted Van Dyk was a senior advisor to presidential candidates Humphrey, McGovern, Carter, Ted Kennedy, Mondale, Hart, and Tsongas; served as vice president of Columbia University; and contributed regular essays to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other national publications, before returning to Bellingham, Washington.

"Well worth the attention of political junkies, students of American history, or anyone else who wants to know how politics really worked in the glory days of the Democratic Party. . . . Van Dyk's memoir is a great read, a wonderful primer for those who might seek to enter politics themselves, and a terrific walk down memory lane." -Boston Phoenix

"Van Dyk's story, particularly of the Humphrey-McGovern years, is one of the best accounts of that era in a long time." -Seattle Times

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780295987514
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publication date: 11/28/2007
  • Pages: 240
  • Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Bks.
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Table of Contents


Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Depression Kids     3
Caught Up in the Cold War     11
A New Generation Takes Over     16
Helping HHH     26
The Great Society     35
Vietnam and Little Else     43
1968     58
A Near Miss     84
In Transition     105
Crusade and Catastrophe     122
Strange Presidents, Nixon and Carter     149
The Counterrevolution Proceeds     181
Storm Cleanup and a New Storm     204
A New Jacksonian Era, Part One     227
A New Jacksonian Era, Part Two     237
Escape from the Capital     245
A New Century     259
Not the Same Country     267
Who Will Lead?     276
The Democratic Message     279
Epilogue     287
Index     292

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