Power and the public interest

By Joseph C. Swidler

Subjects: Officials and employees, New york (state), Biography, Tennessee Valley Authority, Government policy, Energy policy, United States, Energy policy, united states, Power resources, Tennessee valley authority, New York (State), History, New York (State). Public Service Commission, United states, federal power commission, United States. Federal Power Commission

Description: "Joseph Swidler (1907-1997) was one of the last New Dealers, part of a generation of talented professionals - including Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, and Wilbur Cohen - who devoted their energies to serving public, not private interests. In a career spanning six decades, he helped craft and administer the nation's energy policy while witnessing most of the signal events of the modern age: the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and America's emergence as a superpower. Swidler's memoir is filled with insights on this transformative period of U.S. history and includes anecdotes about key historical figures, among them David E. Lilienthal, Harold Ickes, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Rockefeller."--BOOK JACKET.