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



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Autore: Gould Lewis L Visualizza persona
Titolo: 1968 : the election that changed America / / Lewis L. Gould Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : Ivan R. Dee, c2010
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina: 324.973/0923
Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Election - 1968
Elections - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1963-1969
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
Titolo autorizzato: 1968  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-92273-4
9786612922732
1-56663-910-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815599703321
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Serie: American ways series.