George D. Aiken is a national - even international - figure, respected for his knowledge, integrity, hard work and prudence. In the words of his colleagues, "George never got 'Potomac Fever' - he always knew he was going home."

"George Aiken and his close friend Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield forged a bi-partisan alliance to oppose the expansion of the Vietnam War in their roles as members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This book tells that story and how the two Senators shared an alliance from 1962 to 1975 that would be impossible in today's highly-partisan Washington, D. C. The author, Stephen C. Terry, was Legislative Assistant for Senator Aiken from...