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Johnson, Haynes Bonner was born on July 9, 1931 in New York City. Son of Malcolm Malone and Ludie (Adams) Johnson.
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"One of the most refreshing and accessible investigations of modern American life to come along in years." So says the San Francisco Chronicle of Haynes Johnson's clear-sighted but compassionate Divided We Fall, an eloquent warning that also uncovers myriad reasons for hope. Over the course of two years, the Washington-based Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist crisscrossed the United States, talking to bankers, gang leaders, schoolteachers, businessmen, farmers—even President Bill Clinton—about the current state of America. The result, a powerful portrait of Americans at a pivotal point in their history, raises tough questions that continue to resonate. Nationwide, Americans faced the legacy of the Reagan Eighties (disappearing jobs, soaring crime, racial polarization) with immense apprehension and a pervasive skepticism that colored their attitudes about politicians and the political system itself. At the same time, people in all walks of life were eager to take on the challenges of the Nineties. "I do not feel that I have been writing the obituary of the American Dream," writes Johnson in the final chapter of Divided We Fall; "I believe I have been writing about an interlude in the reclaiming of that Dream." Indeed, with this brilliant document, Johnson urges and inspires us to join together, face the challenge of change, and take the brave gamble to reclaim the American Dream.
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The full story- inside account of what really went on at the White House meetings where the agony of decision was endured (the decision to invade, the close decision against the commitment of U.S. troops), and in the councils of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon. Here is the story of the secret camps in Guatemala, of the beaches, of the swamps and of the prisons of Havana. Here is the first authentic account of the ransom meetings between Castro and James Donovan. In all, and in detail, it is a heroic tale and a shocking revelation. Mr. Johnson worked from hundreds of thousands of words of recorded interviews with Cuban leaders and hundreds of their men. His information about the key decisions in Washington comes about the key decisions in Washington comes from unimpeachable sources.
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For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of our citizens. In this masterful history, Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis-of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not attack him; of the Republican senators who cynically used McCarthy to win their own elections; of Edward R. Murrow, whose courageous TV broadcast began McCarthy's downfall; and of mild-mannered lawyer Joseph Welch, who finally shamed McCarthy into silence. Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for he believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we confront the ever more difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty. Compelling narrative history, insightful political commentary, and intimate personal remembrance combine to make The Age of Anxiety a vitally important book for our time. Extremism-and the suspicion and hatred it engenders-may be Joe McCarthy's most lasting legacy . . . For these and other reasons, while McCarthy and the leading players of his time- Truman and Acheson, Eisenhower and Nixon, the Kennedy brothers and LBJ, Cohn and Schine, Stalin and Mao-have long since passed from the scene, McCarthyism remains a story without an end. -f rom the book.
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"Elegant prose, devastating insight and a keen historical perspective."―Cleveland Plain Dealer National bestseller: In this brilliantly readable book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles the Reagan decade, when America fell from dominant world power to struggling debtor nation and when optimism turned to foreboding. In human terms and living case histories, Haynes Johnson captures the drama and tragedy of an era nurtured by greed and a morality that found virtue in not getting caught. "It is morning again in America," Reagan's campaign commercials told us, and for too long we embraced that convenient lie. Indeed, the problems that came to plague us in that decade are with us even more today, as Johnson memorably demonstrates in―his afterword, "Notes on an Era," written especially for this new paperback reissue. This book will remain a signature work of political analysis for years to come. 32 b/w illustrations
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Johnson, Haynes Bonner was born on July 9, 1931 in New York City. Son of Malcolm Malone and Ludie (Adams) Johnson.
BJ, University Missouri, 1952. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1956. HHD (honorary), Wheeling Jesuit University, 1997.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Missouri, 1999. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Norbert College, 2009.
Reporter Wilmington (Delaware) News-Journal, 1956-1957. With Washington Star, 1957-1969, reporter, copy editor, to assistant city editor, night city editor to special assignments correspondent. National correspondent Washington Post, 1969-1973, assistant managing editor, 1973-1977, columnist, 1977-1994.
Professor political communications and journalism George Washington University, Washington, 1994-1996. Knight chair, professor journalism University Maryland, since 1998. Ferris professor journalism public affairs Princeton University, 1975-1978.
Television commentator Public Broadcasting Service Washington Week in Review, 1967-1994, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, 1994—2004. Guest scholar Brookings Institution, 1987-1991. Regents lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1992.
Lecturer in field. Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1952-1955.
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Board directors Herbert Block Foundation. Member National Academy Public Administration, Gridiron Club (Washington).
Married Julia Ann Erwin, September 21, 1954 (divorced). Married Kathryn A. Oberly, June 29, 2002. Children– Katherine Adams, David Malone, Stephen Holmes, Sarah Brooks, Elizabeth Haynes.