This Country by Chris Matthews

This Country by Chris Matthews

A "quintessentially American" (Policy Magazine) memoir of politics and postwar history from Chris Matthews, New York Times bestselling author and long-time host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.

In This Country, Chris Matthews "has written a love letter to his country" (Joy Reid, host of The ReidOut and author of The Man Who Sold America), offering a panoramic portrait of post-World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country.

Raised in a large Irish-Catholic family in Philadelphia at a time when kids hid under their desks in atomic war drills, Chris's life etched a pattern: take a leap, live an adventure, then learn what it means. As a young Peace Corps graduate, Chris moved to DC and began knocking on doors on Capitol Hill. With dreams of becoming what Ted Sorensen had been for Jack Kennedy, Chris landed as a staffer to Utah Senator Frank Moss, where his eyes were opened to the game of big-league politics.

In the 1970s, Matthews mounted a campaign for Congress as a Democratic maverick running against Philadelphia's old political machine. He didn't win the most votes, but his grit put him on the path to a top job in the White House. As a speechwriter for President Carter, Matthews witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of that administration; from the diplomatic brilliance of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty to the disaster of the Iran hostage crisis. After Carter's defeat, Chris became chief of staff to legendary Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, a perch that gave him an on-the-job PhD in American politics during the Reagan years.

Chris then leapt to the other side of the political matrix as a columnist and reporter. For the San Francisco Examiner, he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa, the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and every American presidency from Reagan to George W. Bush. Chris would go on to pioneer cable news with a fast-paced, no-nonsense television program. His show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, would become a political institution for twenty years.

As Chris charts his political odyssey, he paints an animated picture of a nation searching for its soul. He reflects with grace and wisdom, showcasing the grand arc of the American story through one life dedicated to its politics.

Chris Matthews is the host of MSNBC's Hardball and NBC's The Chris Matthews Show and the author of The Hardball Handbook. He is a regular contributor to NBC's Today and a frequent guest on Jay Leno's Tonight Show. He was the San Francisco Examiner's Washington bureau chief for many years and then a national columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and owns the David Brinkley Prize for Achievement in Communications, as well as eighteen honorary doctorates from American colleges and universities. The Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school in Boston. In Chevy Chase, Maryland, he lives with his wife, Kathleen, who works for Marriott International as an executive vice president.

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ISBN 13	9781982134853
ISBN 10	1982134852
Titel	This Country
Autor	Chris Matthews
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Simon & Schuster
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-06-07
Seitenanzahl	352
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.