David Pietrusza 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon

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';1960aims to take us deeper into the campaign than Theodore White's famousThe Making of the President, 1960. And it does.'Chicago Sun-Times This is award-winning historian David Pietruszas hard-edged account of the 1960 presidential campaign, the election that ultimately gave America ';Camelot' and its tragic aftermath. It is the story of the bare-knuckle politics of the primaries; the party conventions backroom dealings; the unprecedented television debates; the hot-button issues of race, religion, and foreign policyand, at the center of it all, three future presidents:Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. ';Terrific.' Robert A. Caro, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award ';A stirring, hard-edged political saga An outstanding reexamination.'Booklist 1960provides new insights into that years hard-fought, pivotal election, but, more than that,1960is great storytellinga fascinating, can't-put-it-down account of how American politics really works.'former United States Attorney General Richard Thornburgh ';Essential for understanding the political forces that in many ways shaped the world we live in today.' David Mark, author ofGoing Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning