1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies - Softcover

Pietrusza, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402777469 ISBN 13: 9781402777462

Publisher: Union Square Press, 2010

Synopsis

It was the election that gave America Camelot” and its tragic aftermath, a momentous contest in which three giants battled for the presidency. Award-winning author David Pietrusza does here for the 1960 presidential race what he did in 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents-a Kirkus Reviews best book. Until now, the most authoritative study of the 1960 election was Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960, but White didn't tell all. From Nixon's Iowa backseat blowup to the first televised debate to John Ehrlichman's spy missions on the Democrats, Pietrusza tells the rest of the story.

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From the Back Cover:

"David Pietrusza provides a cinematic retelling of a pivotal election that featured three men whose strengths, ambitions, and flaws would make them the leaders of the United States for the next 14 years, and bring each to grief.  With an eye for the telling detail and the broad sweep of the twentieth century American history, Pietrusza's story is an important reminder of the perils of choosing a president."
--David O. Stewart, author of  The Summer of 1787, The Men Who Invented the Constitution***"The bare-knuckle primaries. The back-room dealing of the conventions. The historic television debates. The explosive controversies of race, religion, and foreign policy. And, above all, the towering clash of personalities--LBJ, JFK, and Nixon. They're all here in David Pietrusza's superb 1960. 1960 provides new insights into that year's hard-fought, pivotal election, but, more than that, 1960 is great story-telling--a fascinating, can't-put-it-down account of how American politics really works."
--Former United States Attorney General Richard Thornburgh

About the Author:

Called one "of the best historians in the United States," David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically-acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history.
His book "1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies" was named by ForeWord Magazine as among the best political biographies.
Pietrusza's "1920: The Year of the Six Presidents" received a Kirkus starred review, was honored as a Kirkus "Best Books of 2007" title, and was named an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Historian Richard Norton Smith has listed "1920: The Year of the Six Presidents" as being among the best studies of presidential campaigns.
Pietrusza's biography of Arnold Rothstein entitled "Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series" was a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award. Rothstein's audio version won an AUDIOFILE Earphones Award.
Pietrusza's "Judge and Jury, his biography of baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis," received the 1998 CASEY Award and was also a Finalist for the 1998 Seymour Medal and nominated for the NASSH Book Award.
Pietrusza collaborated with baseball legend Ted Williams on an autobiography called "Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures."
He has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBC, C-SPAN Book TV, C-SPAN American History TV, ESPN, the Fox News Channel, the History Channel ("The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents"), EBRU-TV, and the Fox Sports Channel. He has produced and written the PBS-affiliate documentary, "Local Heroes."
He is a contributing editor to The New York Sun.
His next book, "1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World," is a study of the dramatic 1948 presidential campaign.
Learn more at davidpietrusza.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1402777469
• ISBN 13: 9781402777462
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544