Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary
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A unique publishing event: The private letters of a great American statesman and philosopher—available to the public for the first time—offer extraordinary insight into both the man and our times The New York Times - David Brooks …absorbing reading…This whole collection has been put together with superb care. While writing this review, I've been cursing Weisman's introduction for its mastery in highlighting all the crucial points about Moynihan's life. It is hard to write anything about this book that doesn't merely repeat that fine essay. Weisman has also written superb contextual paragraphs between the letters, so even people unfamiliar with Moynihan's career will be able to follow along easily.
Introduction Steven R. Weisman Weisman, Steven R. 1Chapter One "I Think We are Going to Make History" 27Chapter Two "Nine Pages of Dynamite" 75Chapter Three "We Were Going to Change This Country" 113Chapter Four "Welfare is a Bankrupt and Destructive System" 173Chapter Five "The Erosion of Authority Will Continue" 199Chapter Six "...a President They Trust and Admire" 229Chapter Seven "Something Perhaps to Be Forgiven" 273Chapter Eight "The Indians Have the Bomb" 323Chapter Nine "Dear Yorker...Dear New Yorker" 387Chapter Ten "Therefore They Will Decline" 457Chapter Eleven "We Have a Prospect of Peace on Earth" 487Chapter Twelve "I Propose that Kuwait Be Liberated..." 525Chapter Thirteen "What is to Be Done?" 579Chapter Fourteen "Thus Ends the Progressive Era" 617Chapter Fifteen "I Write to Say Farewell and Thanks" 651My Father the Writer Maura Moynihan Moynihan, Maura 665Acknowledgments 671Index 677
