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18. Jan. 2006 · EUGENE McCARTHY: Eisenhower’s final warning was about the military-industrial complex. And what he didn’t say, you know, is that it developed while he was president.
Eugene McCarthy. Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) was an American politician, presidential candidate and critic of the Vietnam War. His opposition to the war split the Democratic party and helped end the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Born in rural Minnesota, the son of a postmaster, McCarthy was educated in Catholic schools and proved an excellent ...
11. Dez. 2005 · Eugene J. McCarthy, the sardonic Senate dove who stunned the nation by upending President Lyndon B. Johnson's re-election drive amid the Vietnam War turmoil of 1968, died early yesterday. He was 89.
10. Dez. 2005 · Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died...
12. Dez. 2005 · Political Editor Ken Rudin has a remembrance of the late senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, who died Dec. 10, and who in 1968 " stepped forward when antiwar forces needed him the most."
Eugene McCarthy. Eugene McCarthy ( Watkins (Minnesota), 29 maart 1916 - Washington D.C., 10 december 2005) was een Amerikaans politicus en senator van Minnesota . Voordat hij politiek actief was, was hij docent economie en biologie. Hij werd voor het eerst in het Huis van Afgevaardigden gekozen in 1948 en tien jaar later in de Senaat.
Eugene McCarthy was a seminal figure in Minnesota and national politics in the last half of the 20th century. He inspired a generation of young people, caused fundamental reforms of the political process and transformed the landscape of American politics. Eugene McCarthy's legacy as a public figure is rich and complex.
