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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., [1st printing] ; xxxiv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780865547544, 0865547548 ; OCLC 54424909 ; SIGNED on title page by author James F. Cook and US Senator fom Georgia, Sam Nunn ; Label by Mercer University Press acknowledging the support of The Watson-Brown Foundation on the half-title ; Contents: A Dream Fulfilled -- A Narrow Victory -- The Not So-Roaring 1920s -- Father of the Two-Ocean Navy --Preparing for War -- The War Years -- Post War Conflicts -- Getting the Ox out of the Ditch -- The EisenhOwer Years -- The Kennedy Years -- Retirement -- The Last Years -- Sources Cited ; "Carl Vinson, Georgia Congressman, was one of the most important and influential individuals in naval affairs. He not only mastered the traditions, processes, and rules of the House of Representatives where he served for a half century, but also acquired a vast and detailed knowledge of naval matters (and later the armed services in general) and displayed consummate skill in drafting and managing legislation designed to modernize and strengthen the Navy in particular and the armed forces and national defense in general." "Known as the "Georgia Swamp Fox" or "the Admiral," Vinson was an astute and crafty tactician in the political arena with an incredibly acute sense of timing, who knew how to play pork barrel politics and knew when and how to compromise. For most of his tenure in Congress he was either the chairman or the ranking minority member of the Naval Affairs/Armed Services Committee. In time, he came to wield enormous power in shaping naval and military policies. In many respects, he was the principal architect of the nation's modern defense system." "Organized chronologically and written in prose, this work is based upon research in both primary and secondary sources. This study is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that Vinson did not write an autobiography, keep a diary, or preserve his personal papers. This biography of Carl Vinson is also the story of America and the South in a time of transition and change."--Jacket ; Dr. James F. Cook was born in Balboa, Panama Canal Zone on December 3, 1940. He grew up and attended the public schools in Washington, D.C. He earned an A.A. at Young Harris College in 1960, a B.A. at Emory University in 1962, an M.A. at Georgia State University in 1964 (the first one awarded in the field of history), and a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in 1972. He taught history at Georgia State University for four years until 1970 when he became one of the original faculty members at Floyd Junior College. Dr. Cook taught history at Floyd (now Georgia Highlands College) for 30 years, until retiring in 2000. A rarity in academia today, Dr. Cook was a conservative who had great respect for America's Founding Fathers and founding documents. An advocate of learning through travel, he spent six weeks in India on a Fulbright-Hays grant in 1985 and led 13 bus study-tours of Washington, Gettysburg and Williamsburg as well as 17 tours of Europe. A life-time student of Georgia's political history, Dr. Cook published numerous articles and four books: Governors of Georgia, a biography of Gov. Carl Sanders, a biography of Rep. Carl Vinson, and a history of Floyd College entitled We Fly By Night. In later years, he published dozens of op-eds on historical and political subjects in the Rome News-Tribune. ; Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972-1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. In the Senate, Nunn was involved in the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, which aims to dismantle weapons of mass destruction, originally in the former Soviet Union. Nunn was also involved in the Goldwater-Nichols Act, which reformed the Department of Defense. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.