TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gould,Lewis L.
TI  - 1968: the election that changed America 
T2  - The American ways series
SN  - 9781566638623
AV  - JK1968 1968 .G68 2010
U1  - 324.973/0923 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Ivan R. Dee
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - 1968
KW  - Elections
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1963-1969
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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