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_aNichter, Luke A. _941891 |
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_aThe year that broke politics : _bcollusion and chaos in the presidential election of 1968 / _cLuke A. Nichter. |
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_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2023. |
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_axii, 370 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 323-359) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _a Introduction -- Sprint optimism. Johnson ; Humphrey ; Nixon ; Wallace -- Summer heat. Paris ; Miami ; Chicago ; Pittsburgh -- Autumn disquiet. Messenger ; Stalemate ; Allies -- October surprises. Home stretch ; Bombing halt ; Dragon Lady ; Photo finish -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | _aThe 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's "Southern Strategy" has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. | ||
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_aHumphrey, Hubert H. _q(Hubert Horatio), _cJr., _d1911-1978 _942001 |
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_aNixon, Richard M. _q(Richard Milhous), _d1913-1994. _912713 |
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_aWallace, George C. _q(George Corley), _d1919-1998. _943292 |
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_aJohnson, Lyndon B. _q(Lyndon Baines), _d1908-1973. _94636 |
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_aPresidentes _zEstados Unidos _xElecciones _97197 _y1968 |
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_aCampañas políticas _xHistoria _zEstados Unidos _9504 _ySiglo XX |
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_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _y1963-1969 _926231 |
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