America In Search Of Itself: The Making Of The President 1956-1980
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright.
A landmark work of American political history, America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956–1980 chronicles a quarter-century of seismic transformation in U.S. politics, tracing the arc from Eisenhower's steady postwar consensus through the turbulent upheavals that reshaped the nation's identity by the dawn of the Reagan era. Theodore H. White, the journalist who virtually invented the modern political narrative with his celebrated Making of the President series, here presents a sweeping retrospective that argues the American political system underwent a fundamental and perhaps irreversible fracturing during these decades. With the authoritative, insider voice of a reporter who witnessed history firsthand, White details how television, the collapse of party machines, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and Watergate collectively dismantled the old order and left the country struggling to define itself anew. The tone is both elegiac and analytical — the work of a seasoned observer mourning the loss of a more coherent political culture while rigorously dissecting the forces that destroyed it. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how modern American politics came to be, this magisterial volume stands as White's most ambitious and reflective achievement.
Author: Theodore H. White
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Harper & Row, Publishers
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright.
A landmark work of American political history, America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956–1980 chronicles a quarter-century of seismic transformation in U.S. politics, tracing the arc from Eisenhower's steady postwar consensus through the turbulent upheavals that reshaped the nation's identity by the dawn of the Reagan era. Theodore H. White, the journalist who virtually invented the modern political narrative with his celebrated Making of the President series, here presents a sweeping retrospective that argues the American political system underwent a fundamental and perhaps irreversible fracturing during these decades. With the authoritative, insider voice of a reporter who witnessed history firsthand, White details how television, the collapse of party machines, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and Watergate collectively dismantled the old order and left the country struggling to define itself anew. The tone is both elegiac and analytical — the work of a seasoned observer mourning the loss of a more coherent political culture while rigorously dissecting the forces that destroyed it. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how modern American politics came to be, this magisterial volume stands as White's most ambitious and reflective achievement.