John Thomas Smith Ii

Cars, Energy, Nuclear Diplomacy and the Law (eBook, ePUB)

A Reflective Memoir of Three Generations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This multigenerational memoir sketches the lives of three generations of the author's family that were involved with some of the most profound issues of the twentieth century. Smith's paternal grandfather was present at the creation of General Motors Corporation and served as its Vice President and General Counsel. His maternal grandfather, William G. Maguire, was an entrepreneur and natural gas pipeline pioneer with a visionary grasp of natural gas's significance in the twentieth century American economy. Smith's father served as a senior diplomat under five presidents, working to constrain the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia and to curtail proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442220126
• Artikelnr.: 38408201

Autorenporträt

By John Thomas Smith II

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: William George Maguire Chapter 2: John
Thomas Smith Chapter 3: More about J.T. Chapter 4: My Father, Gerard C.
Smith Chapter 5: Life in Washington in the Early 50s Reflection-Religion
and "Last Things" Chapter 6: State Department-Round One Chapter 7: The 60s
Chapter 8: J.T.S. II, Yale Years Chapter 9: Romance, Marriage, and Military
Service Reflection-A Digression on "Sex" Chapter 10: G.C.S. and Strategic
Arms Limitations Chapter 11: J.T.S. II, Initial Public Service Reflection-A
Digression by a Member of the First Nuclear Weapons Generation Chapter 12:
J.T.S. II, Six Months of Justice Reflection-A Digression on Drinking
Chapter 13: G.C.S. in the 1970s Chapter 14: J.T.S. II 1973-1978
Reflection-A Digression on Family and Friends Chapter 15: The 1980s-A
Fraught Decade Reflection-A Digression on My Mother Chapter 16: Two
Divorces and Three Weddings Reflection-A Digression on Divorce Chapter 17:
My Father's Final Years Reflection-A Digression on Reading Chapter 18:
Private Practice Chapter 19: Final Days and Reflections Epilogue Notes
Bibliography Index