Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns - Couverture rigide

Cummins, Joseph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1594748322 ISBN 13 : 9781594748325

Editeur : Quirk Books, 2015

Synopsis

An updated and illustrated compendium of mudslinging, character assassinations, and below-board election strategies from U.S. presidential politics throughout history!

Discover the “dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy” in this giftable volume for American history buffs (New York Times Magazine).

Covering 225-plus years of smear campaigns, slanderous candidates, and bad behavior in American elections, this comprehensive history is the authoritative tour of political shade-throwing from George Washington to Barack Obama. You might think today’s politicians play rough—but history reveals that dirty tricks are as American as apple pie. Let the name-calling begin!
 
• 1836: Congressman Davy Crockett accuses candidate Martin Van Buren of secretly wearing women’s clothing: “He is laced up in corsets!”
• 1864: Candidate George McClellan describes his opponent, Abraham Lincoln, as “nothing more than a well-meaning baboon!”
• 1960: Former president Harry Truman advises voters that “if you vote for Richard Nixon, you ought to go to hell!”
 
Full of sleazy and shameless anecdotes from every presidential election in United States history, Anything for a Vote is a valuable reminder that history does repeat itself, lessons can be learned from the past (but usually aren’t), and our most famous presidents are not above reproach when it comes to the dirtiest game of all—political campaigning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph Cummins is the author of several nonfiction books and a novel. He lives with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Think today’s politicos play rough? Check out this raucous pop history for a chronicle of more than 200 years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections. Starting with the 1796 contest between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, through the 2012 campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, we’ll revisit such notable low blows as:

1836: Congressman Davy Crockett accused Martin Van Buren of secretly wearing women’s clothing.
1864: A Democratic newspaper alleged that Abraham Lincoln only changed his socks every 10 days.
1928: Republicans warned that Roman Catholic candidate Al Smith was secretly plotting with the pope―and that the Holland Tunnel had a secret passageway leading directly to the Vatican!
1960: Former president Harry Truman told voters, “If you vote for Richard Nixon, you ought to go to hell!”

With an all-new design, new illustrations, and new chapters covering the 2008 and 2012 elections, Anything for a Vote reminds us that dirty tricks in presidential campaigns are as American as apple pie.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quirk Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1594748322
• ISBN 13: 9781594748325
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas