Iowa And The World: Memoirs Of Senator Dick Clark

In his engrossing and entertaining Memoirs, Senator Dick Clark covers his upbringing and early career in education and politics; his notable campaign victory of 1972; his committee assignments and voting record in the U.S. Senate; his travels in Africa as chairman of the Subcommittee for African Affairs; the Clark Amendment to defund the CIA's secret intervention in Angola; his campaign defeat in 1978 when the South African government secretly contributed to his opponent; his activity as ambassador-at-large in the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees; and his work over many years as founder and director of the Aspen Institute's Congressional Program.