America in search of itself : The making of the President, 1956-1980
In his final chronicle of a Presidential election, Theodore White digs deeply into the political changes that had emerged in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, and how these changes were playing out in the 1980 Presidential election. Indeed, this was a milestone election, and I think that...
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New York
Harper & Row
1982
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| Summary: | In his final chronicle of a Presidential election, Theodore White digs deeply into the political changes that had emerged in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, and how these changes were playing out in the 1980 Presidential election. Indeed, this was a milestone election, and I think that White captures that nicely. While White had a reputation for having been a liberal Democrat, he seems to gravitate toward Ronald Reagan. He sees Reagan as an upbeat, forward-looking candidate. At the same time, he makes Jimmy Carter out to be desperate and vindictive as he tries to cling to the Presidency. The book's best feature (as is the case with the whole MOTP series) is White's vivid depiction of the high drama that Presidential campaigns once represented |
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