Father and Son; A Personal Biography of Senator Frank Church of Idaho by His Son

New York: Harper and Row, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed on fep to Senator and Mrs. DeConcini!!! x, [2], 193, [3] pages.Illustrations. Index. Frank Forrester Church IV (September 23, 1948 – September 24, 2009) was a leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian. He was Senior Minister until late 2006 when he was appointed as Minister of Public Theology. On February 4, 2008, Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation informing them that he had terminal cancer. He told them of his intention, which he successfully realized, to sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been pervasive in his work in a final book, entitled Love & Death. He published his first book, Father and Son: A Personal Biography of Senator Frank Church of Idaho, in 1985. Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981.
Church was an unsuccessful candidate for theDemocratic nomination in the 1976 presidential election, losing to Jimmy Carter. He is known for heading the Church Committee, which investigated abuses in the U.S. intelligence agencies. Church was a key figure in American foreign policy during the 1970s, and served as chairman of the Senate Commitee on Foreign Relations from 1979 to 1981. Following the instinct that led him to ask questions early on (see above), Church was one of the first senators to publicly oppose the Vietnam War in the 1960s, although he had supported the conflict earlier. He was the co-author of two legislative efforts to curtail the war: the Cooper-Church Amendment of 1970, and the Case-Church Amendment of 1973.
In September 1970, Church announced on television and in speeches across the country that "the doves had won." Author David F. Schmitz states that Church based his assertion on the fact that two key propositions of the anti-war movement, "A negotiated peace and the withdrawal of American troops," were now official policy. The only debate that remained would be over when to withdraw, not whether to withdraw, and over the meaning of the war. Church concluded.
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Keywords: Senator, Frank Church, Jimmy Carter, CIA, Central Intelligence, George McGovern, Dennis DeConcini, Vietnam War, Parents, Unitarian

ISBN: 0060390468

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