Works by
George McGovern
(Aka George Stanley McGovern, George S. McGovern)
(U.S. Senator, Writer)
[July 19, 1922 - ]

Biography/Memoirs

• Terry: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism (1997)
  Rarely has a public figure addressed such difficult, intimate issues with such courage and bravery. In a moving, passionate memoir, former Senator George McGovern recalls the events leading up to his daughter Terry's death as a result of alcoholism. What McGovern learned from Terry is an unforgettable, poignant tale certain to engender controversy and compassion. of photos.

• Grassroots: The Autobiography of George McGovern (1977)

Non-fiction

• Out of Iraq (2006) by George McGovern and William R. Polk

• Ending Hunger Now (2005) by Bob Dole, Donald, E Messer, and George McGovern
  Veteran statesmen George McGovern and Robert Dole here find common cause with theologian and activist Donald Messer in this powerful testimony and appeal to people of faith. They are each convinced we can overcome global hunger now, and their informed, strategic, impassioned thoughts encourage and equip. This book brings together their disparate yet powerful voices behind a shared conviction: that helping the millions who lack basic provision for food has become a religious imperative and human priority. Writing for congregations and individuals of faith, McGovern, Dole, and Messer appeal to the biblical, theological, and ethical foundations of action against hunger.

• The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition (2004)
  Liberalism is the oldest and most enduring American tradition, a philosophy and way of life we inherited from the Founding Fathers. This is the central idea of The Essential America by George McGovern, America's best-known (and most consistent) liberal.
  
  Referring us to our moral and spiritual foundations, McGovern not only presents a resounding defense of liberalism as "the most practical and hopeful compass to guide the American ship of state" but offers specific proposals for keeping the tradition vibrant.
  
  The Essential America proposes programs for feeding the world's malnourished children. Rather than sending our armies abroad, McGovern spells out policies that confront the causes of terrorism. He proposes cutting our military budget (echoing Dwight D. Eisenhower's powerful warning about the military-industrial complex). He condemns preemptive war, criticizes tax cuts for the rich, and warns against government for the powerful minority.
  
  Americans have traditionally stood for progress, generosity, tolerance, and protection of the needy, McGovern states -- as well as for multi- lateralism in foreign policy and "a decent respect for the opinions of mankind." He reminds us that while creative tension between liberalism and conservatism is the genius of American politics, it is the liberals who have been responsible for every forward step in our national history. They built "the Essential America."

• The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time (2002)
  Hundreds of millions of people around the globe suffer from hunger. But hunger, which has plagued the world for thousands of years, is a political condition, writes George McGovern in this plainspoken and necessary call to action. Ending it is a greater moral imperative than ever before because for the first time humanity has the tools and the knowledge to defeat this ancient enemy.
  
  In The Third Freedom, McGovern lays out a workable and affordable five-point program to end world hunger. The basic facets include these steps:

  • The United States should take the lead within the UN in working toward a universal school lunch program.

  • The American supplemental nutrition program for low-income women, infants, and children should go worldwide.

  • The United Nations must establish food reserves around the globe.

  • Developing countries must be assisted in improving their own farm production, food processing, and food distribution.

  • High-yielding, scientific agriculture, including genetically modified crops, must be further encouraged and developed.

• There are, of course, problems, concerns, and risks involved in ending world hunger while maintaining the prosperity of farmers, livestockmen, and dairymen, and protecting the global environment. McGovern addresses these and other issues in his logical, down-to-earth way. Understandably, some of the economic and social responses will be controversial. But as he passionately argues, one compelling moral issue is clear: Every major religion and ethical formulation commands its adherents to feed the hungry. We feed the hungry because it is right. McGovern argues persuasively that it will also be economically beneficial to all.
  
  As someone who grew up on the plains of South Dakota during the drought and depression days of 1932, McGovern saw some of the world's best farmers flounder under surplus production that they could not sell for a break-even price. At the same time, he read of hunger and starvation in other parts of the world. In this groundbreaking work, he combines his personal experience and political know-how to work toward changing our world.

• The Great Coalfield War (1996) by George S. McGovern and Leonard F. Guttridge

• The Free World and South Africa (1979)

• Detente and a New American Administration: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (1978)

• Sources of American strength in the 1970's (1977)
  Herbert H. Lehman memorial lecture.

• Revolution Into Democracy--Portugal After the Coup: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (1976)

• South Asia, 1976: A Report (1976)

• Vietnam, 1976: A Report (1976)

• Time of War a Time of Peace (1968)

• War Against Want: America's Food for Peace Program (1964)

See also:

• The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944–45 (2001) by Stephen Ambrose

• My Life: The Early Years  (2005) by Bill Clinton (see The Early Years, The Presidential Years)

• George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy (2004), Robert P. Watson, ed.

• Vote Your Conscience: The Last Campaign of George McGovern (2003) by Richard Michael Marano

• President McGovern's First Term (1973) by Nicholas Max

• Right From the Start:  A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign (1973) by Gary Hart

• The Making of the President, 1972 (1973) by Theodore H. White

• St. George and the Godfather (1972) by Norman Mailer

• Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1973) by Hunter S. Thompson