1960 : LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon : the epic campaign that forged three presidencies by Pietrusza, David, 1949- instant download

1960 : LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon : the epic campaign that forged three presidencies by Pietrusza, David, 1949- instant download

xx, 523 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, It was the election that would ultimately give America Camelot and its tragic aftermath, a momentous contest when three giants who each would have a chance to shape the nation battled to win the presidency. Award-winning author Pietrusza chronicles the pivotal 1960 presidential race, Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-508) and index, January -- \"My son will be president in 1960\" -- \"Independent as a hog on ice\" -- \"You're my boy\" -- \"Kicked in the head by a horse\" -- \"When Bobby hates you, you stay hated\" -- \"I am not a candidate for the vice presidency of anything\" -- \"An independent merchant competing against a chain store\" -- \"The rich man's Harold Stassen\" -- \"Committing a sin against God\" -- \"A little black bag and a checkbook\" -- \"All the eggheads are for Stevenson\" -- \"They were a dime a dozen\" -- \"A clean bill of health\" -- \"First blood for Kennedy\" -- \"We had to win on the first ballot\" -- \"Too shallow a puddle\" -- \"I'm not going to die in office\" -- \"He is not a big man\" -- \"A two-fisted, four square liar\" -- The man who will succeed Dwight D. Eisenhower ... Richard E. Nixon\" -- \"Why do you think they did that, Sammy?\" -- \"Nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution\" -- \"Matt Dillon ain't popular for nothing\" -- \"Nixon did everything but sweep out the plane\" -- \"I seen him, I seen him\" -- \"You bombthrowers probably lost the election\" -- \"The most dangerous man in America\" -- \"No one could tell him anything\" -- \"He felt cool, calm, and very alert\" -- \"They've embalmed him before he even died\" -- \"The bones of a single American soldier\" -- \"Senator Kennedy is in clear violation of the spirit of the law\" -- \"They know not what they do\" -- \"I'm just out for a little ride\" -- \"The help of a few close friends\" -- \"Dies irae.\"