| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Pivotal moments in American history |
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Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Contents |
Part I. Before -- "A lotta people ... ain't gonna put up with it much longer -- Losing the "middle ground" -- Part II. The Democrats -- "A quiet, witty man of grey presence" -- The (un)happy warrior -- "The most misunderstood man in American public life" -- Out like a lion -- The philosopher vs. the evangelist -- The "politics of joy"? -- Part III. The Republicans -- The new, new Nixon -- "Watching a duck trying to make love to a football" -- The "doer" and the "rising star of the west" -- Part IV. Wallace -- "We're tired of this mess" -- Part V. A tale of two conventions -- A "plastic paradise" -- "The democrats are finishte" -- Part VI. The general election -- "Overconfidence is not our thing" -- The final storm -- Part VII. After -- "They have just elected a papier mâché man" -- "It's never stopped being 1968." |
| Summary |
In American Maelstrom, Michael A. Cohen captures the full drama of this watershed election, establishing 1968 as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism and the ascendancy of conservative populism and the anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation's political discourse, taking us to the source of the politics of division |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2016) |
| Subject |
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
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Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
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| SUBJECT |
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 fast |
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 fast |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Politics and government
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Presidents -- Election
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015032225 |
| ISBN |
9780199777617 |
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0199777616 |
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9780199777563 |
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019977756X |
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