In "Something of Men I Have Known," Adlai E. Stevenson offers a captivating collection of biographical sketches that delve into the complex lives of notable figures he encountered throughout his career in politics and diplomacy. Through a conversational yet eloquent literary style, Stevenson weaves personal anecdotes with thoughtful reflection, painting vivid portraits of these influential men that reveal their strengths, weaknesses, and the overarching themes of ambition and humanity in t...

This book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E. Stevenson's alliance with a segment of the intellectual community, with primary attention to the years from 1940 to his death in 1965. At the core of the study is an evaluation of the nature of a relationship that was important both to intellectuals, particularly literary intellectuals, and to Stevenson. This volume exhibits case studies which illumine the alliance through a view of Stevenson's relations with American w...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

The mutually energizing and often volatile friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson - unexplored in depth by scholars until this study - was one of the last century s remarkable political alliances. Both Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt shared a view of politics as a moral enterprise, one in which the fulfillment of its "mission" was the betterment of the human condition. This belief was the foundation upon which their legislative initiatives were constructed. Employing lett...