The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul

by Michael Schumacher

Book Overview

A dramatic, deeply informed account of one of the most consequential elections and periods in American history

1968--rife with riots, assassinations, anti-Vietnam War protests, and realpolitik--was one of the most tumultuous years in the twentieth century, culminating in one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history. The Contest tells the story of that contentious election and that remarkable year...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816692890
• ISBN13: 9780816692897
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"