Majk Mansfild

Majk Mansfild
Majk 1985.
Ime po rođenju	Mike Mansfield
Datum rođenja	16 mart, 1903(1903-03-16)
Mesto rođenja	Njujork  SAD
Datum smrti	5. oktobar 2001.(2001-10-05) (98 god.)
Mesto smrti	Wašington  SAD
Zanimanje	Ambasador SAD u Japanu

Majkl Džozef Mansfild (16. mart 1903 – 9. oktobar 2001) bio je američki političar, pripadnik Demokratske partije i diplomata koji je predstavljao Montanu u United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977. As the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1961 to 1977, Mansfield shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate; his tenure of exactly sixteen years was the longest of any party leader in Senate history, until the record was broken by Mitch McConnell in 2023.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mansfield grew up in Great Falls, Montana. He lied about his age to serve in the United States Navy during World War I. After the war, he became a professor of history and political science at the University of Montana. He won election to the House of Representatives and served on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during World War II.

In 1952, he defeated incumbent Republican Senator Zales Ecton to take a seat in the Senate. Mansfield served as Senate Majority Whip from 1957 to 1961. Mansfield ascended to Senate Majority Leader after Lyndon B. Johnson resigned from the Senate to become vice president. In the later years of the Vietnam War, he opposed escalation of American involvement and supported President Richard Nixon's plans for Vietnamization.

After retiring from the Senate, Mansfield served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 1977 to 1988. Mansfield is the longest-serving American ambassador to Japan in history. Upon his retirement, he was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mansfield later served for a time as a senior adviser on East Asian affairs to Goldman Sachs. he died of heart failure in Washington D.C.

Literatura

• Oberdorfer, Don (2003). Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat. Soho Press. ISBN 1-58834-166-6. 
• Olson, Gregory A. (1995). 'Mansfield and Vietnam, a Study in Rhetorical Adaptation. Michigan State University Press.  online
• Valeo, Francis R. (1999). Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader: A Different Kind of Senate, 1961–1976. New York: M. E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-0450-7.  online
• Whalen, Charles and Barbara (1985). The Longest Debate: A Legislative History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Cabin John, Maryland: Seven Locks Press. ISBN 9780932020345. 
• „The Honorable Michael J. Mansfield”. Who's Who in Marine Corps History. History Division, United States Marine Corps. Архивирано из оригинала 29. 4. 2007. г. Приступљено 22. 4. 2006. CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
• Thorne, Christopher (11. 10. 2001). „Laid to Rest, A Tribute to Mike Mansfield”. Associated Press. Архивирано из оригинала 14. 10. 2004. г. Приступљено 19. 7. 2006. CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)

Spoljašnje veze

• Arlington National Cemetery
• The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, US-Asia relations
• The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana
• Legislative Summary: Statement by Senator Mike Mansfield Архивирано децембар 24, 2013 на сајту Wayback Machine, John F. Kennedy Library, 1964
• Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom – January 19, 1989 Архивирано новембар 7, 2009 на сајту Wayback Machine
• Mike Mansfield Papers (University of Montana Archives)
• Mansfield's America Oral History Project (University of Montana Archives)
• Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project (University of Montana Archives)
• A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Michael Mike Mansfield" is available at the Internet Archive
• Majk Mansfild na sajtu C-SPAN (jezik: engleski)