The Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Daniel Patrick Moynihan: The Intellectual in Public Life
One of the most distinguished figures in twentieth-century American politics, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was at the center of virtually every major political issue of his day, offering a distinct voice unique in its prescience, scholarliness, and statesmanlike manner. The contributors to this career-spanning assessment knew Moynihan as teacher, scholar, and colleague, and they use their diverse interactions with him to paint a picture of an extraordinary thinker with many areas of intellectual concern: social policy, international relations, public works, race relations, and government secrecy. In addition, the essayists explore Moynihan's role as a devoted public servant, from his experience in four successive presidential administrations through his time as ambassador and senator from New York.
What People are Saying
"A deeper appreciation for Moynihan's worth emerges from the essays . . . The essayists themselves are a remarkable group and did not settle for easy encomiums. They take on different aspects of Moynihan's career with enough seriousness and lively writing to give this volume lasting value. Readers who think they understand Moynihan's public career are sure to find another dimension of it here. Such a book truly honors its subject."—Foreign Affairs
"A probing, while highly celebratory, compilation of essays about Moynihan from authors in fields as diverse as Moynihan's accomplishments . . . This Festschrift will admirably serve those who seek to chronicle or perhaps emulate [Moynihan's] career."—Jeffrey O'Connell and Richard F. Bland, Public Interest
"Even Moynihan's critics concede that he has carved out quite a career as academic, public servant, and elected official . . . This volume displays his eclectic accomplishments."—Mary Carroll, Booklist
Chapter List
Foreword 2004, Susan Henshaw Jones
Remembering Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Robert A. Katzmann
Foreword, Charles Blitzer
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction--The Intellectual in Public Life: A Tribute to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Robert A. Katzmann
Part One: Ideas
Chapter Two: Daniel P. Moynihan on Ethnicity, Nathan Glazer
Chapter Three: The Prescient Politician, Seymour Martin Lipset
Chapter Four: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Epidemiologist, Nicholas N. Eberstadt
Chapter Five: Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the Fall and Rise of Public Works, Robert A. Peck
Chapter Six: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on Secrecy, Robert A. Katzmann
Part Two: Office
Chapter Seven: The Federal Executive, Stephen Hess
Chapter Eight: The American Ambassador, Suzanne R. Garment
Chapter Nine: A Renaissance Man in the Senate, Michael Barone
Chapter Ten: The Third Branch, Richard K. Eaton
Part Three: The Man
Chapter Eleven: Wit and Wisdom: Moynihan and Meet the Press , Tim Russert
Chapter Twelve: A Colleague's Perspective, Bill Bradley
Chapter Thirteen: Pat, James Q. Wilson
Appendices
Appendix A: Biographical Facts: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Appendix B: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of the Writings of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Michael J. Lacey
Addendum, 2004
Appendix C: Major Senate Achievements
About the Contributors
Index