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Author Robb, Charles S., author

Title In the arena : a memoir of love, war, and politics / Charles Robb, Virginia Governor, Senator, and U.S. Marine
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Contents Foreword / by President Bill Clinton -- The path to Quantico -- The president's daughter -- A White House wedding -- The weight of war -- Boots on the ground -- Bulletproof -- Returning home -- A growing family -- Larger than life -- Stepping into the fray -- A future worthy of her past -- No higher honor -- The democracy of opportunity -- The aristocracy of merit -- The long hot summer -- Clean sweep -- Sacred cows -- Pandora's box -- A new challenge -- The most exclusive club -- Distant lands, faraway lives -- Issues of war and peace -- A national soap opera -- The tale of the tape -- Guns, gays, and Old Glory -- An imperfect candidate -- Taking a stand -- Bayview -- A passion play -- Against the wind -- Free at last -- The green zone -- Over the horizon -- Always a Marine
Summary "The political memoir of Virginia governor and senator Chuck Robb. Covers his marriage to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, his tour in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine, and his roles as lieutenant governor, then governor, and then US senator of Virginia"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2021)
Subject Robb, Charles S.
SUBJECT Robb, Charles S
Robb, Charles S. fast
Subject United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
United States. Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Congress. Senate fast
United States. Marine Corps fast
Subject Legislators -- United States -- Biography
Governors -- Virginia -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
Armed Forces -- Officers
Governors
Legislators
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143779
Subject United States
Virginia
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Clinton, Bill, 1946- writer of foreword.
LC no. 2020037877
ISBN 9780813946115
0813946115