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1968 : (Record no. 867)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 92035614
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781566630108
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 156663010X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number 1566630096 (cloth : alk. paper) :
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Original cataloging agency DLC
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082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 324.9730923
Edition number 20
Item number G.L.E.
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gould, Lewis L.
9 (RLIN) 3670
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title 1968 :
Remainder of title the election that changed America /
Statement of responsibility, etc Lewis L. Gould.
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Chicago :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Ivan R. Dee,
Date of publication, distribution, etc [1993]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 178 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Source rdacontent
Content type term text
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Source rdamedia
Media type term unmediated
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Source rdacarrier
Carrier type term volume
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement The American ways series
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-172) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. On the Eve of 1968. The war in Vietnam. Race relations, crime, and law and order. The disarray of the Democrats. Resurgent Republicans --<br/>2. The President Withdraws. Johnson's political plans. The Tet offensive. Eugene McCarthy and Richard Nixon in New Hampshire. Robert Kennedy enters the race. The "Wise Men" and Vietnam. Johnson pulls out --<br/>3. The Violent Spring. The death of Martin Luther King, Jr. The race issue. George C. Wallace and his appeal. Nixon leads Rockefeller. Humphrey and the "politics of joy." McCarthy vs. Kennedy. The California primary and Robert Kennedy's death --<br/>4. Nixon's the One. The Humphrey campaign and its problems. The nomination of Abe Fortas. Humphrey, Johnson, and Vietnam. Nixon and the Republican convention. The Reagan challenge. The selection of Spiro Agnew --<br/>5. Democratic Disaster at Chicago. Humphrey, the convention, and the war. The Johnson influence on the Democratic convention. The Edward Kennedy boomlet. New rules for the party. Protests in the streets. Humphrey and Muskie selected. Police and protesters clash and the public reacts --<br/>6. October Surprises. Humphrey's campaign revives. The Salt Lake City speech. Wallace fading. Nixon and the overconfident Republicans. The Johnson peace initiative. Nixon and South Vietnam. The Humphrey surge and Nixon's response. The election results and their meaning.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American poitics. In this compact and evenhanded narrative analysis, Lewis Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their leaders; how Republicans used the skills they brought to Richard Nixon's campaign to create a generation-long ascendancy in presidential politics; and how Democrats, divided and torn after 1968, emerged as only crippled challengers for the White House throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Bitterness over racial issues and the Vietnam War that marked the 1968 election continued to shape national affairs and to rile American society for years afterward. And the election accelerated an erosion of confidence in American institutions that has not yet reached a conclusion. In this lucid account Mr. Gould considers the surprising decision of Lyndon Johnson not to seek renomination for the presidency; the phenomena of Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy; the campaigns of Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and the third-party candidate George Wallace; the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy; the disastrous Democratic convention in Chicago; and the extraordinary events of what Eugene McCarthy later called the "Hard Year." it was, Mr. Gould observes, "a time of recurrent shocks, intense emotions, and passionate Judgments. During a troubled time, fallible men and women made decisions that changed the nation." Mr. Gould offers deft portraits of the major players' and a balanced analysis of the campaigns, their strategies, and their results. He describes how Nixon and the Republicans discovered the so-called wedge issues that would later serve Ronald Reagan and George Bush so well in their presidential campaigns. And, based on fresh research, he fills in the details of Nixon's efforts to prevent the October surprise of a major peace initiative in Vietnam by President Johnson. Mr. Gould has written a calm and judicious history of a crucial moment in the nation's political history.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Presidents
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Election
Chronological subdivision 1968.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Elections
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1963-1969.
9 (RLIN) 3673
740 0# - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title Nineteen sixty eight.
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     Faculty of Economics & Political (Political) Main library Main library A4 03/08/2010 American university DO 1 324.9730923 G.L.E. 00004813 19/02/2025 17/10/2012 03/08/2010 Books