In the arena a memoir of love, war, and politics
"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"--
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2021.
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Table of 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.
