1st Edition

Kohler A Political Biography of Walter J.Kohler, Jr.

By Gregory Fossedal Copyright 2003
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

McCarthy and Eisenhower, Nelson, Lucey, and Proxmire--they were all giants of state and national politics in the 1950s. Yet the period also produced Walter J. Kohler, Jr., a three-term governor who, in the words of the Milwaukee Journal, was the most dominant force in Wisconsin politics of his era. In this highly readable biography personalities and events of the 1950s are discussed, as are some... Read more
Introduction 1. Kohler of Kohler 2. Formation 3. Politics 4. Surtax 5. Initiatives 6. Insistences 7. Strike 8. Suddenness 9. Reassessment

Biography

Fossedal, Gregory