Cars, Energy, Nuclear Diplomacy and the Law

A Reflective Memoir of Three Generations

John Thomas Smith II

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2012
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781442220126
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Biographies
• Index: Law

This multigenerational memoir sketches the lives of three generations of the author's family that were involved with some of the most profound issues of the twentieth century. Smith's paternal grandfather was present at the creation of General Motors Corporation and served as its Vice President and General Counsel. His maternal grandfather, William G. Maguire, was an entrepreneur and natural gas pipeline pioneer with a visionary grasp of natural gas's significance in the twentieth century American economy. Smith's father served as a senior diplomat under five presidents, working to constrain the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia and to curtail proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: William George Maguire
• Chapter 2: John Thomas Smith
• Chapter 3: More about J.T.
• Chapter 4: My Father, Gerard C. Smith
• Chapter 5: Life in Washington in the Early 50s
• Chapter 6: State Department—Round One
• Chapter 7: The 60s
• Chapter 8: J.T.S. II, Yale Years
• Chapter 9: Romance, Marriage, and Military Service
• Chapter 10: G.C.S. and Strategic Arms Limitations
• Chapter 11: J.T.S. II, Initial Public Service
• Chapter 12: J.T.S. II, Six Months of Justice
• Chapter 13: G.C.S. in the 1970s
• Chapter 14: J.T.S. II, 1973–1978
• Chapter 15: The 1980s—A Fraught Decade
• Chapter 16: Two Divorces and Three Weddings
• Chapter 17: My Father’s Final Years
• Chapter 18: Private Practice
• Chapter 19: Final Days and Reflections
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Bibliography