The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul - Couverture rigide

Schumacher, Michael

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ISBN 10 : 0816692890 ISBN 13 : 9780816692897

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2018

Synopsis

A dramatic, deeply informed account of one of the most consequential elections and periods in American history

1968-rife with riots, assassinations, anti–Vietnam War protests, and realpolitik-was one of the most tumultuous years in the twentieth century, culminating in one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history. The Contest tells the story of that contentious election and that remarkable year. Bringing a fresh perspective to events that still resonate half a century later, this book is especially timely, giving us the long view of a turning point in American culture and politics.

Author Michael Schumacher sets the stage with a deep look at the people with important roles in the unfolding drama: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and especially Hubert H. Humphrey, whose papers and journals afford surprising new insights. Following these politicians in the lead-up to the primaries, through the chaotic conventions, and down the home stretch to the general election, The Contest combines biographical and historical details to create a narrative as intimate in human detail as it is momentous in scope and significance.

An election year when the competing forces of law and order and social justice were on the ballot, the Vietnam War divided the country, and the liberal regime begun with Franklin D. Roosevelt was on the defensive, 1968 marked a profound shift in the nation’s culture and sense of itself. Thorough in its research and spellbinding in the telling, Schumacher’s book brings sharp focus to that year and its lessons for our current critical moment in American politics. 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Schumacher is the author and editor of many books, including biographies of Eric Clapton, Phil Ochs, Francis Ford Coppola, and Allen Ginsberg. Dharma Lion: A Biography of Allen Ginsberg; First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg; and There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs were published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816692890
• ISBN 13: 9780816692897
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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