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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815599703321

Autore

Gould Lewis L

Titolo

1968 : the election that changed America / / Lewis L. Gould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Ivan R. Dee, c2010

ISBN

1-282-92273-4

9786612922732

1-56663-910-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

American ways series

Disciplina

324.973/0923

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 1968

Elections - United States - History - 20th century

United States Politics and government 1963-1969

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; On the Eve of 1968; 2; The President Withdraws; 3; The Violent Spring; 4; Nixon's the One; 5; Democratic Disaster at Chicago; 6; October Surprises; Recommended Reading

Sommario/riassunto

The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their national leaders. Bitterness over racial issues and the Vietnam War that marked the 1968 election continued to shape national affairs and to rile American society for years afterward. And the election accelerated an erosion of confidence in American institutions that has not yet reached a conclusion. In his lucid account, now revised