The Real Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election

by William J. Rorabaugh, W.J. Rorabaugh, W J Rorabaugh

Book Overview

When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory--whether as an underdog's heroic triumph or a liberal crusader's overcoming special interests. Now W. J. Rorabaugh cuts through the mythology of this famous election to explain the nuts-and-bolts operations of the campaign and offer a corrective to Theodore White's flawed classic, The Making of the President.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070061639X
• ISBN13: 9780700616398
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"