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

Publication Info.	Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, [2010]
	©2010

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Edition	2nd ed.
Description	1 online resource (ix, 163 pages).
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Series	The American ways series
	American ways series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	On the eve of 1968 -- The president withdraws -- The violent spring -- Nixon's the one -- Democratic disaster at Chicago -- October surprises.
Summary	"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.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968.
	Elections -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
	Elections. (OCoLC)fst00904324
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Gould, Lewis L. 1968. 2nd ed. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, ©2010 9781566638623 (DLC) 2009049669 (OCoLC)472587095
ISBN	9781566639101 (electronic bk.)
	1566639107 (electronic bk.)

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