Sly and Able - Robertson, David
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This master politician and self-made man served for half a century, as congressman and later as key New Deal senator from his native South Carolina; as Supreme Court justice; as "assistant president" during the Second World War; as Truman's secretary of state in the early years of the Cold War; and, finally, as governor of South Carolina. He came tantalisingly close to the American presidency and was a key participant in the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. In later years he was a seminal figure in the so-called Southern Strategy that brought Richard Nixon to the White House. For his…mehr

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This master politician and self-made man served for half a century, as congressman and later as key New Deal senator from his native South Carolina; as Supreme Court justice; as "assistant president" during the Second World War; as Truman's secretary of state in the early years of the Cold War; and, finally, as governor of South Carolina. He came tantalisingly close to the American presidency and was a key participant in the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. In later years he was a seminal figure in the so-called Southern Strategy that brought Richard Nixon to the White House. For his shrewdness and mastery of the art of politics Byrnes earned the sobriquet "sly and able." He was surely both--and one of the key shapers of American politics in this century.
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After starting his career as a programmer with NASA working on the International Space Station, David Robertson moved on to designing and building computer software. He currently works as a software architect. His struggling career as a musician keeps his focus on architecting software platforms, but he still enjoys playing the guitar whenever he can. Lately, solar and wind systems help entertain his engineer's mind, and give him chances to collaborate on those things with his kids. One day soon, he plans to thru-hike some of the big trails in North America and hopefully Europe.