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The making of the President, 1972

Explores the complex interaction of men and events that shaped the 1972 Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns.

Main Author: White, Theodore H. 1915-1986,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Publishers, 1973.
Physical Description: xxii, 419 pages : maps (on lining papers) ; 22 cm.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. -- (Richard Milhous), -- 1913-1994.
McGovern, George S. -- (George Stanley), -- 1922-2012.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972.
Human behavior.
Table of Contents:
  • The end of the Postwar world
  • The solitary man
  • The road to Cedar point: From the liberal idea to the liberal theology
  • The view from Key Biscayne: Blue collars and bread and butter
  • The Democratic primaries: A party in search of identity
  • McGovern's army
  • The web of numbers: A message from the census to politics
  • Confrontation at Miami
  • The Eagleton affair
  • Richard Nixon's campaign: "Out there"
  • Power struggle: President versus press
  • The Watergate affair
  • The shaping of the mandate: Men and machinery
  • Appeal to the people: Verdict in November
  • Temptation of power.

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