Robert Byrd

Robert Byrd

Nascimento : 1917-11-20, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA

Morte : 2010-06-28

História

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd is the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and in both chambers of Congress.

Perfil

Robert Byrd

Filmes

Body of War
Body of War
Himself
Documentary about Tomas Young, a 25 year old veteran who got paralyzed in Iraq and became an peace activist.
Razões para a Guerra
Razões para a Guerra
Himself (archive footage)
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
The World According To Bush
The World According To Bush
Self
The 1000 days of George W. Bush's presidency from the 9/11 attacks to the iraqi quagmire.
Deuses e Generais
Deuses e Generais
Confederate General
Uma nação em guerra com sua própria essência. Três bravos homens, em três batalhas cruciais. Os homens: Joshua Chamberlain, "Stonewall" Jackson, Robert E. Lee. As batalhas: Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. Pelos olhos desses combatentes, testemunharemos a bravura e as diferenças de uma nação que, como uma mãe, assiste aos seus filhos guerrearem bem abaixo de seus seios. Baseado no bestseller de Jeffrey M. Shaara, Deuses e Generais retrata as intensas alianças e os grandiosos combates do começo da Guerra Civil norte-americana. Ronald F. Maxwell dirige o épico cujos acontecimentos antecedem cronologicamente os fatos relatados na obra Gettysburg, do mesmo autor.