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Campaign of the Century
2022
Overview
Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising
account of the twentieth century's closest election The
1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard
Nixon is one of the most frequently described political events of
the twentieth century, yet the accounts to date have been
remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to Kennedy's
side than to Nixon's. The imbalance began with the first book on
that election, Theodore White's The Making of the President
1960 -in which (as he later admitted) White deliberately cast
Kennedy as the hero and Nixon as the villain-and it has been
perpetuated in almost every book since then. Few historians have
attempted an unbiased account of the election, and none have done
the archival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done. Based on
previously unused sources such as the FBI's surveillance of JFK and
the papers of Leon Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry
Cabot Lodge, and many others, this book presents the first
even-handed history of both the primary campaigns and the general
election. The result is a fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters
long†'held myths and reveals the strengths and weaknesses of both
candidates.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Subject
ISBN
0300218265, 9780300218268
