First Modern Campaign Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election Of 1960

Name: First Modern Campaign Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election Of 1960
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ISBN: 9780742548008

ISBN-10: 0742548007

ISBN-13: 9780742548008

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gary A. Donaldson, Gary A. Donaldson

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In this engaging book, Gary Donaldson tells the story of Kennedy versus Nixon with a sharp eye for the salient political developments and a keen sense of the drama of an election that was unlike any other the nation had experienced. The campaign of 1960 was also an orchestrated political drama, organized for a sweeping campaign from coast to coast and staged for a national television audience. This made it the first modern campaign in which the television media changed the dynamics of presidential politics and in which photographs, charisma, and direct appeals to voters counted as they had never done before. It was also an election of intense personal rivalry made all the more spirited by…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.11" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Gary A. Donaldson nbsp;is the Keller Foundation Chair in American History at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He is the author of numerous books on American political and diplomatic history.nbsp;



Preface



The "Modern Republicanism" of Eisenhower and the GOP Split in the Fifties



The Democrats Endure the Eisenhower Years



Kennedy and the Liberals



The Democrats Slug It Out in the Primary Season



Waiting for Nixon



The Conventions



Campaign One



The Great Debates



Campaign Two



Epilogue and Analysis


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author