George Stanley McGovern, figlio di un ministro metodista, crebbe nel South Dakota. McGovern, uno studente apatico in gioventù, attribuì in seguito la partecipazione ai dibattiti del liceo per avergli dato fiducia. I suoi studi universitari furono interrotti dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale, quando McGovern si arruolò nella U.S. Army Air Force e prestò servizio come pilota di bombardieri in Europa. Dopo la guerra, McGovern riprese i suoi studi, culminando con un dottorato in storia alla Northwestern University nel 1953. Mentre lavorava come professore di storia e scienze politiche alla Dakota Wesleyan University, McGovern si interessò alla politica del Partito Democratico. Come senatore degli Stati Uniti, McGovern emerse come uno dei primi oppositori dell'intervento del suo paese nel Vietnam del Sud. Sebbene vinse un terzo mandato al Senato nel 1974, fu sconfitto nel tentativo di un quarto mandato nel 1980. McGovern trascorse gli ultimi anni dedicandosi a varie attività private, tra cui la scrittura.
Rarely has a public figure addressed such difficult, intimate issues with such courage and bravery. In a moving, passionate memoir, former Senator George McGovern recalls the events leading up to his daughter Terry's death as a result of alcoholism. What McGovern learned from Terry is an unforgettable, poignant tale certain to engender controversy and compassion. of photos.
Examines the life and career of the sixteenth president, explaining the achievements for which Lincoln is still held in such esteem while evaluating his failures and his transformation of the Civil War from a political dispute to a moral crusade.
Former senator George McGovern and William R. Polk, a leading authority on the Middle East, offer a detailed plan for a speedy troop withdrawal from Iraq.During the phased withdrawal, to begin on December 31, 2006, and to be completed by June 30, 2007, they recommend that the Iraq government engage the temporary services of an international stabilization force to police the country. Other elements in the withdrawal plan include an independent accounting of American expenditures of Iraqi funds, reparations to Iraqi civilians for lives lost and property destroyed, immediate release of all prisoners of war, the closing of American detention centers, and offering to void all contracts for petroleum exploration, development, and marketing made during the American occupation.