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Informationen zum Autor By John Thomas Smith II Klappentext This multigenerational memoir sketches the lives of three generations of the author's family that were involved with some of the most profound issues of the twentieth century. With a paternal grandfather present at the creation of General Motors Corporation, a maternal grandfather who was a natural gas pipeline pioneer, and a father who worked to constrain the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia and to curtail proliferation of nuclear weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: William George MaguireChapter 2: John Thomas SmithChapter 3: More about J.T.Chapter 4: My Father, Gerard C. SmithChapter 5: Life in Washington in the Early 50s Reflection-Religion and "Last Things"Chapter 6: State Department-Round OneChapter 7: The 60sChapter 8: J.T.S. II, Yale YearsChapter 9: Romance, Marriage, and Military Service Reflection-A Digression on "Sex"Chapter 10: G.C.S. and Strategic Arms LimitationsChapter 11: J.T.S. II, Initial Public Service Reflection-A Digression by a Member of the First Nuclear Weapons GenerationChapter 12: J.T.S. II, Six Months of Justice Reflection-A Digression on DrinkingChapter 13: G.C.S. in the 1970sChapter 14: J.T.S. II 1973-1978 Reflection-A Digression on Family and FriendsChapter 15: The 1980s-A Fraught Decade Reflection-A Digression on My MotherChapter 16: Two Divorces and Three Weddings Reflection-A Digression on DivorceChapter 17: My Father's Final Years Reflection-A Digression on ReadingChapter 18: Private PracticeChapter 19: Final Days and ReflectionsEpilogue NotesBibliography Index
