George Stanley McGovern, syn metodistického farára, vyrastal v Južnej Dakote. McGovern, ktorý bol ako mladík nezaujatým študentom, neskôr pripísal účasť v debatách na strednej škole za to, že mu dodala sebavedomie. Po vojne McGovern pokračoval v štúdiu a v roku 1953 získal doktorát z histórie na Northwestern University. McGovern, ktorý pracoval ako profesor histórie a politológie na Dakota Wesleyan University, sa zapojil do politiky Demokratickej strany. Ako americký senátor sa McGovern stal jedným z prvých odporcov intervencie svojej krajiny vo Vietname. McGovern, ktorý neúspešne kandidoval na prezidentskú nomináciu svojej strany v roku 1968, v roku 1972 zvíťazil, ale v roku 1980 bol porazený. McGovern strávil neskoršie roky rôznymi súkromnými aktivitami, vrátane písania.
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.