LEADER 03675nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910812993803321 005 20230802005350.0 010 $a1-280-88043-0 010 $a9786613721747 010 $a0-300-18337-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300183375 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104933 035 $a(OCoLC)804038362 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10578652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737171 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11469207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737171 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10783336 035 $a(PQKB)10586670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420890 035 $a(DE-B1597)486064 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300183375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420890 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578652 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL372174 035 $a(OCoLC)923598813 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104933 100 $a20120127d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe eighteen-day running mate $eMcGovern, Eagleton, and a campaign in crisis /$fJoshua M. Glasser 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-17629-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe conundrum -- The candidate -- The campaign -- The wrench -- The upstart -- The game -- The pipedream -- The selection -- The running mate -- The investigation -- The disclosure -- The aftershock -- The muckraker -- The tablehopping -- The sunday shows -- The precedent -- The decision -- The aftermath -- Epilogue. 330 $aNo skeletons were rattling in his closet, Thomas Eagleton assured George McGovern's political director. But only eighteen days later-after a series of damaging public revelations and feverish behind-the-scenes maneuverings-McGovern rescinded his endorsement of his Democratic vice-presidential running mate, and Eagleton withdrew from the ticket. This fascinating book is the first to uncover the full story behind Eagleton's rise and precipitous fall as a national candidate.Within days of Eagleton's nomination, a pair of anonymous phone calls brought to light his history of hospitalizations for "nervous exhaustion and depression" and past treatment with electroshock therapy. The revelation rattled the campaign and placed McGovern's organization under intense public and media scrutiny. Joshua Glasser investigates a campaign in disarray and explores the perspectives of the campaign's key players, how decisions were made and who made them, how cultural attitudes toward mental illness informed the crisis, and how Eagleton's and McGovern's personal ambitions shaped the course of events.Drawing on personal interviews with McGovern, campaign manager Gary Hart, political director Frank Mankiewicz, and dozens of other participants inside and outside the McGovern and Eagleton camps-as well as extensive unpublished campaign records-Glasser captures the political and human drama of Eagleton's brief candidacy. Glasser also offers sharp insights into the America of 1972-mired in war, anxious about the economy, ambivalent about civil rights. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y1972 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1969-1974 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 676 $a973.924 700 $aGlasser$b Joshua M.$f1987-$01718743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812993803321 996 $aThe eighteen-day running mate$94115935 997 $aUNINA