Debating our destiny
Subtitle: Presidential debate moments that shaped history
By: Lee Banville ; foreword by Jim Lehrer
Contributors: Lehrer, Jim
Publisher: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781479303236
Subjects: Presidential candidates; Campaign debates; Political campaigns; History; Presidents; Election; Élections; Débats
Other titles: Presidential debate moments that shaped history
Description: "An unprecedented and in-depth look at the history of the presidential debates and their importance to the U.S. election process. From MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, producer of the PBS Newshour, this book features excerpts of broadcast journalist Jim Lehrer's exclusive interviews with nearly every presidential and vice-presidential candidate between 1976 and 2004. It also includes excerpts of original interviews with noted historians, debate moderators, and the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Do debates matter?; title: Style vs. substance; title: Debates in the television age; title: Do debates change elections?; title: Do Vice Presidential debates matter?; title: Moderators; title: Presidential primary debates; title: The future of debates.