Speaking Out: A Congressman's Lifelong Fight Against Bigotry Famine and War

About this book

In his twenty-two years as an Illinois congressman and in the years since he left office Paul Findley has fought to eradicate famine end wars and eliminate bigotry in U.S. foreign policy. This sweeping political memoir opens with Findleys early days in rural Pittsfield Illinois and chronicles his service during six administrations in Washington. His many accomplishments in Congress include authoring the Famine Prevention Act coauthoring the 1973 War Powers Resolution leading agricultural trade missions to the Soviet Union and China and strongly opposing the Vietnam War. This autobiography is also a no-holds-barred critique of Israels lobby and its toll on the national interests of the United States. Few politicians are so openly critical of their government and Findleys opinions on what he believes to be disastrous foreign policy provide a unique behind-the-scenes perspective on the shaping of these policies in the latter half of the twentieth century.