Walter F. Mondale figured prominently in American politics for five decades, as a state attorney general, U.S. senator from Minnesota, vice president of the United States, Democratic candidate for president in 1984, and U.S. ambassador to Japan. He lives in Minneapolis. David Hage is an editor at the Star Tribune of Minneapolis and St. Paul. His books include Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work (Minnesota, 2004).
Contents
PrefaceIntroduction: Taking Care
1. A Progressive Takes Root2. High Tide3. The Fight for Equality4. Lost
Trust: Vietnam and the Election of 19685. Poverty and Opportunity6. The
Battle for a More Responsive Senate7. Spies, Security, and the Rule of Law
8. Meeting a New Democrat9. Our First Year in the White House10. Showing
the World a Different America11. America in an Age of Limits12. Hostage
Crisis13. The Election of 198014. Mondale vs. Reagan15. An Alliance in Asia
16. Looking Forward
AcknowledgmentsIndex