Synopses & Reviews
Never Stop Running is the poignant saga of Allard Lowenstein, one of America's last liberal heroes. The book is both a chronicle of liberalism at the barricades in the 1960s and 1970s and the story of a man desperately seeking peace in his interior life. A leader of student protests against the Vietnam War, he was a principal organizer in the movement that drove Lyndon Johnson from the White House in 1968. Most of all, Lowenstein had the remarkable ability to inspire the people who worked with him; he had a strong effect on hundreds of young people--many of whom (like Bill Bradley, Barney Frank, and Bob Kerry) are prominent in public life today. This is the story of an inspiring character in the fight against racism, war, and social injustice..
Review
"In William H. Chafe's fascinating new political and psychological biography ... Lowenstein comes to life again as a Pied Piper for the young and idealistic and as a man who passionately believed in the possibility of reforming the system without tearing it apart."
--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
Review
"The real contribution of this book is to make the turbulent youth politics of the Vietnam and civil-rights era much more comprehensible. It is an adoring, yet critical, portrait of a dedicated, brilliant young man who helped reshape American liberalism."
--Sol Stern, Newsday
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-535) and index.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Princeton Paperback Edition | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
1 | Secrets | 1 |
2 | Halcyon Days | 34 |
3 | Friendship | 57 |
4 | The NSA Years: The Apprenticeship of an Anti-Communist Liberal | 86 |
5 | Seeking a Place | 111 |
6 | The South Africa Years | 131 |
7 | Stanford and Civil Rights: 1961-1963 | 166 |
8 | Mississippi Freedom Summer | 187 |
9 | The Personal Side of the Political | 211 |
10 | The Political Side of the Personal | 241 |
11 | "Dump Johnson" | 262 |
12 | 1968: Year of Triumph, Year of Tragedy | 276 |
13 | Being a Congressman | 315 |
14 | One Last Chance | 358 |
15 | Coming Apart | 397 |
16 | A Second Act? | 430 |
| Epilogue | 465 |
| Notes | 475 |
| Index | 537 |