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Distinguished Service: The Life of Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr.

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Walter J. Kohler, Jr. used to be one of Wisconsin’s best governors. Elected three times, he played a role in the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency in 1952 and used to be known to be an administration favorite. Kohler’s challenge used to be to unite moderate Republicans, who backed Ike, with a Far Right that fervently supported Senator Joe McCarthy. His inability to please both wings of the Republican Party in the end cost him an election race for america Senate. In 1957 he used to be swiftly defeated by William Proxmire, a long-time Democratic Party rival and indefatigable campaigner. But Kohler used to be more than a political candidate. His biography involves the highly extraordinary story of the Kohler Company in Wisconsin, site, at the same time, of some of the enlightened managerial policies ever attempted and the longest labor dispute in American history. Kohler’s story sheds light on the life and times of the upper class in the 1920s and 1930s, reveals his heroic role in the Second World War, and provides path breaking insight into his talent for effective and prosperous business activity. A very private man with several secrets, Kohler said little about his past. Now, for the first time, we have the definitive biography, based in part on hitherto closed circle of relatives documents, photos, and interviews with friends and acquaintances. This is a book that are supposed to find a large audience of serious readers.

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