The real making of the president
Subtitle: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 election
By: W.J. Rorabaugh.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780700616398
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. -- 1917-1963; Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960; Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
Description: "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 offers a corrective to Theodore Whote's flawed classic, 'The Making of a President'".--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Eisenhower's America; title: The Democratic primaries; title: The Democratic convention; title: The Republicans; title: The South; title: The fall campaign; title: Kennedy's victory.