Topic: Sargent Shriver

Chapter & Verse FDR vs. Lindbergh: Lynne Olson discusses America's debate over WWII

'Those Angry Days' examines the battle over whether America should enter the international conflict.

George McGovern: A war hero who fought for peace

Former US Senator George McGovern was a war hero who inspired many in his opposition to the Vietnam War. Always a proud liberal, he was crushed in his 1972 challenge to Richard Nixon.

Bestselling books the week of 6/21/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Chapter & Verse Kennedy son Tim Shriver will write book on the Special Olympics

Special Olympics CEO Tim Shriver says his new book will focus on how the athletes involved in the competition have changed his life.

Jackie Kennedy had her own thoughts about US and world leaders

Jackie Kennedy was interviewed by historian Arthur Schlesinger in the year after her husband's assassination. A book due out Wednesday details Jackie Kennedy's impressions about important people of the era.
09/13/2011 12:36 pm

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From the archives: An interview with Sargent Shriver

This interview with Kennedy aide and Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver, which ran on the front page of the Monitor on May 6, 1963, offers a look at the Corps just two years after its founding, at a time when it had just over 4,000 volunteers. Since then, some 200,000 Americans have served with the Corps, which will turn 50 this year.
01/18/2011 06:21 pm

From our files: Eunice Kennedy Shriver - at jet speed

In a 1975 interview with the Monitor, Mrs. Shriver spoke of her family, her heroes, personal ambitions.
08/11/2009 01:00 am

Opinion Want a better, safer world? Volunteer.

Employment, education, and peace are interlinked.
03/06/2009 12:00 am

Tubegazing: 'American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver'

A documentary on PBS assesses the dynamic legacy of a man who is more than just Maria Shriver's father.
01/18/2008 12:00 am