The Making Of The President 1960
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the turbulent arena of American democracy, where ambition, strategy, and chance collide, The Making of the President 1960 chronicles one of the most dramatic and consequential election campaigns in United States history — the razor-thin contest between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon that would define a generation. Theodore H. White grants readers an unprecedented, ground-level view of the political machinery at work, detailing the gruelling primaries, the back-room negotiations, the landmark televised debates, and the historic moments that propelled a young Catholic senator from Massachusetts to the highest office in the land. White pioneered a form of political journalism that transformed how Americans understand their own democracy, bringing the narrative urgency of great storytelling to the world of campaign reporting. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, this landmark work argues that elections are not merely contests of policy but profound expressions of national identity, fear, and aspiration. Written with the precision of a historian and the eye of a novelist, it set the gold standard for all political campaign writing that followed — leaving the reader to wonder whether the men who seek power ever truly master it, or are simply carried by its current.
Author: Theodore H. White
Format: Paperback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the turbulent arena of American democracy, where ambition, strategy, and chance collide, The Making of the President 1960 chronicles one of the most dramatic and consequential election campaigns in United States history — the razor-thin contest between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon that would define a generation. Theodore H. White grants readers an unprecedented, ground-level view of the political machinery at work, detailing the gruelling primaries, the back-room negotiations, the landmark televised debates, and the historic moments that propelled a young Catholic senator from Massachusetts to the highest office in the land. White pioneered a form of political journalism that transformed how Americans understand their own democracy, bringing the narrative urgency of great storytelling to the world of campaign reporting. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, this landmark work argues that elections are not merely contests of policy but profound expressions of national identity, fear, and aspiration. Written with the precision of a historian and the eye of a novelist, it set the gold standard for all political campaign writing that followed — leaving the reader to wonder whether the men who seek power ever truly master it, or are simply carried by its current.