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Very good in Very good jacket. 24 cm. xv, [1], 364, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Lee Edwards (born 1932) is an American distinguished fellow in conservative thought at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. A historian of the conservative movement in America, he is the author or editor of 25 books, including biographies of President Ronald Reagan, Senator Barry Goldwater, Attorney General Edwin Meese III and William F. Buckley Jr. He is currently the Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Edwards has written biographies of Ronald Reagan, William F. Buckley, Edwin Meese III and Goldwater, as well as a number of other books, which include The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America, The Power of Ideas, a retrospective on the first 25 years of the Heritage Foundation, and a history of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He was the initial editor of the Conservative Digest in 1975, and has been a senior editor for The World & I. Walter Judd was a Minnesota congressman who was instrumental in the formation of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the Voice of America, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. Derived from the Publishers Weekly: The remarkable career of Judd, who after 10 adventurous years as a medical missionary in China served for 20 as a forceful and liberal Republican congressman from Minnesota, is recounted in a splendid biography by Boston Globe columnist Edwards. While recognizing his Jeffersonian hero's "monumental ego", the author records with fervent admiration his crucial sponsorship of the U.N., the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and freer immigration policies, as well as his role as a foreign affairs adviser to presidents from FDR to Nixon, whose pro-China policy he deplored. In active retirement, Judd has expressed opposition to a federal judiciary and advocated caution in dealing with Gorbachev. Derived from the Library Journal Congressman Judd (R-Minn., 1942-62) was admired for his talents and dedication as a medical missionary in China and as a speaker and writer for freedom in the world. He spoke out against U.S. trade agreements with Japan that provided the latter with various war materials in the late 1930s, and he vigorously campaigned against admitting China into the United Nations. Judd's forceful personality, eloquence, and deep knowledge of foreign affairs made him a memorable member of Congress; his outstanding keynote address at the 1960 Republican national convention almost landed him the vice-presidential spot on Richard Nixon's presidential ticket. This biography is well researched and informative and as such it will be useful to political scholars, and it is engaging enough to appeal to general readers as well.
