1960 : LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon-the epic campaign that forged three presidencies / David Pietrusza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pietrusza, David, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 511 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

First Diversion books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Diversion Books, 2018.

Summary:

" 1960 aims to take us deeper into the campaign than Theodore White's famous The Making of the President, 1960. And it does."- Chicago Sun-Times This is award-winning historian David Pietrusza's hard-edged account of the 1960 presidential campaign, the election that ultimately gave America "Camelot" and its tragic aftermath. It is the story of the bare-knuckle politics of the primaries; the party conventions' backroom dealings; the unprecedented television debates; the hot-button issues of race, religion, and foreign policy-and, at the center of it all, three future presidents: Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. "Terrific." -Robert A. Caro, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award "A stirring, hard-edged political saga... An outstanding reexamination."- Booklist " 1960 provides new insights into that year's hard-fought, pivotal election, but, more than that, 1960 is great storytelling-a fascinating, can't-put-it-down account of how American politics really works."-former United States Attorney General Richard Thornburgh "Essential for understanding the political forces that in many ways shaped the world we live in today." -David Mark, author of Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781635764451

1635764459