The Making Of The President 1964: A Narrative History Of American Politics In Action
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the shadow of one of the most traumatic moments in American history — the assassination of John F. Kennedy — Lyndon Baines Johnson rose to the presidency and faced the electorate in a contest that would define the soul of a nation. The Making of the President 1964 chronicles the dramatic 1964 U.S. presidential campaign, from the grief-stricken transition of power to the landslide defeat of Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, presenting an intimate, ground-level account of American democracy at one of its most turbulent crossroads. Theodore H. White, armed with unparalleled access to candidates, campaign staff, and backroom strategists, reconstructs the political machinery, the personalities, and the pivotal decisions that shaped the outcome with the precision of a historian and the narrative flair of a master storyteller. White's Making of the President series redefined political journalism, and this volume stands as one of its most compelling entries, capturing the ideological fault lines — civil rights, nuclear anxiety, and the rise of the conservative movement — that would fracture and reshape American politics for decades to come. His prose is authoritative yet deeply human, transforming election statistics and strategy memos into a vivid portrait of a country grappling with its identity. For anyone seeking to understand how modern American politics were forged, this account raises a question that still resonates: was 1964 a moment of national consensus, or the opening shot of a cultural war that never truly ended?
Author: Theodore H. White
Format: Hardback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the shadow of one of the most traumatic moments in American history — the assassination of John F. Kennedy — Lyndon Baines Johnson rose to the presidency and faced the electorate in a contest that would define the soul of a nation. The Making of the President 1964 chronicles the dramatic 1964 U.S. presidential campaign, from the grief-stricken transition of power to the landslide defeat of Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, presenting an intimate, ground-level account of American democracy at one of its most turbulent crossroads. Theodore H. White, armed with unparalleled access to candidates, campaign staff, and backroom strategists, reconstructs the political machinery, the personalities, and the pivotal decisions that shaped the outcome with the precision of a historian and the narrative flair of a master storyteller. White's Making of the President series redefined political journalism, and this volume stands as one of its most compelling entries, capturing the ideological fault lines — civil rights, nuclear anxiety, and the rise of the conservative movement — that would fracture and reshape American politics for decades to come. His prose is authoritative yet deeply human, transforming election statistics and strategy memos into a vivid portrait of a country grappling with its identity. For anyone seeking to understand how modern American politics were forged, this account raises a question that still resonates: was 1964 a moment of national consensus, or the opening shot of a cultural war that never truly ended?