1968 : the election that changed America /
Gould, Lewis L.
1968 : the election that changed America / Lewis L. Gould. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, - ix, 163 pages ; 21 cm. - The American ways series . - American ways series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the eve of 1968 -- The president withdraws -- The violent spring -- Nixon's the one -- Democratic disaster at Chicago -- October surprises.
"The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their national leaders; how Republicans used the skills they brought to Richard Nixon's campaign to create a generation-long ascendancy in presidential politics; and how Democrats, divided and torn after 1968, emerged as only crippled challengers for the White House throughout most of the years until the early twenty-first century." "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, Mr. Gould emphasizes the importance of race as the campaign's key issue and examines the now infamous "October surprises" of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon as he describes the extraordinary events of what Eugene McCarthy later called the "Hard Year."" ""Succinct yet remarkably thorough."Journal of Southern History"--Jacket.
9781566638623 1566638623
2009049669
1900-1999
Presidents--Election--United States--1968.
Elections--History--United States--20th century.
Elections.
Politics and government
Presidents--Election.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
United States.
History.
JK1968 1968 / .G68 2010
324.973/0923
1968 : the election that changed America / Lewis L. Gould. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, - ix, 163 pages ; 21 cm. - The American ways series . - American ways series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the eve of 1968 -- The president withdraws -- The violent spring -- Nixon's the one -- Democratic disaster at Chicago -- October surprises.
"The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their national leaders; how Republicans used the skills they brought to Richard Nixon's campaign to create a generation-long ascendancy in presidential politics; and how Democrats, divided and torn after 1968, emerged as only crippled challengers for the White House throughout most of the years until the early twenty-first century." "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, Mr. Gould emphasizes the importance of race as the campaign's key issue and examines the now infamous "October surprises" of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon as he describes the extraordinary events of what Eugene McCarthy later called the "Hard Year."" ""Succinct yet remarkably thorough."Journal of Southern History"--Jacket.
9781566638623 1566638623
2009049669
1900-1999
Presidents--Election--United States--1968.
Elections--History--United States--20th century.
Elections.
Politics and government
Presidents--Election.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
United States.
History.
JK1968 1968 / .G68 2010
324.973/0923