Man in the Arena

Rodger McDaniel is a pastor and a former lawyer and Wyoming state senator. He served as a member of the Wyoming state house from 1971 to 1977 (while McGee was a U.S. senator) and in the state senate from 1977 to 1981. McDaniel is the author of Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt. Alan K. Simpson served three terms as a U.S. senator (Republican) from Wyoming (1979–97). He is a co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

• ContentsForeword by Alan K. SimpsonAuthor’s Note and AcknowledgmentsPrologue1. From the “Sons of the Mist” to the Plains of Wyoming2. Nothing to Lose but a Little Self-Respect 3. The Good News from Foggy Bottom4. Behind the Iron Curtain5. Drunkards Can’t Do That6. Not Even a Dark Horse but a Hopeless One7. A Name to Be Reckoned With8. Give Me Four More Votes9. Searching Souls, Minds, and Spirits10. A Man of Great Faith, Not Dark Fears11. Wars Can No Longer Be Won, but They Can Be Lost12. Reaping the Whirlwind13. It’s Nice to Have Dick Nixon to Kick Around Again14. Wyoming’s Way of Life Is at Stake15. Time for a Change16. A Third CareerEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

“Rodger McDaniel is a fine writer and a thorough researcher. His account of the U.S. Senate in the 1960s and 1970s is solid and convincing. He has produced a study that should appeal to anyone interested in Congress’s role in American foreign policy, the Vietnam War, and twentieth-century American politics.”-Don Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate historical office and author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction “Gale McGee was indeed an extraordinary person. He had three distinct careers and loved them all equally. During Gale’s service as a professor, a U.S. senator, and an ambassador his powerful intellect and eloquence reached the young minds in his classroom and reached out across the globe, where he shared his energy, knowledge, and brilliance-all to the common good. Gale leaves a marvelous legacy, chronicled in these pages.”-Alan K. Simpson, former U.S. senator from Wyoming