A new world to be won
Subtitle: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and the tumultuous year of 1960
By: G. Scott Thomas
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780313397950; 9780313397967
Subjects: Politics and government; Election; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Political campaigns; Biography; History
Description: "In 1960, attitudes were changing; barriers were falling. It was a transitional year, during which the world as we know it today was beginning to take shape. While other books have focused on the presidential contest between Kennedy and Nixon, A New World to Be Won: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and the Tumultuous Year of 1960 illuminates the emerging forces that would transform the nation and the world during the 1960s, putting the election in the broader context of American history -- and world history as well. While the author does devote a large portion of this book to the 1960 presidential campaign, he also highlights four pivotal trends that changed life for decades to come: unprecedented scientific breakthroughs, ranging from the Xerox copier to new spacecraft for manned flight; fragmentation of the international power structure, notably the schism between the Soviet Union and China; the pursuit of freedom, both through the civil rights movement at home and the drive for independence in Africa; and the elevation of pleasure and self-expression in American culture, largely as a result of federal approval of the birth-control pill and the increasing popularity of illegal drugs."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.Prologue The Spirit of Camp David; title: 2.January Around the Next Corner; title: 3.February Striding Toward Freedom; title: 4.March The Wind of Change; title: 5.April Paper Tigers; title: 6.May Spoiling for a Fight; title: 7.June Off Again, On Again; title: 8.July The New Frontier; title: 9.August: Beginning to Stir; title: 10.September Substance and Appearance; title: 11.October A Suitcase of Votes; title: 12.November The Help of a Few Close Friends; title: 13.December The Can-Do Society; title: 14.Epilogue: Passing the Torch.