The Making of the President, 1972 by Theodore H White
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Theodore H. White's classic The Making of the President series revolutionized the way modern presidential campaigns are reported. The Making of a President: 1972 the fourth of White's narrative histories of American politics in action, is a compelling account of the election and the precedent-shattering victory of Richard Nixon over George McGovern.
White examines the strategies and miscalculations that brought about the greatest landslide in American history, and provides detailed portraits of the participants: Nixon and McGovern, Humphrey and Wallace, Lindsay and Muskie. With a forward by Cokie Roberts, The Making of a President: 1972 deftly shows how the election was not just a passage in political memory, but a sign of the end of an era. Theodore H. White (1915 - 1986) was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for The Making of the President series -- his accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 presidential elections. White won a Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction for The Making of the President: 1960, and is the author of the critically acclaimed America in Search of Itself. White] revolutionized the art of political reporting. -- William F. BuckleyTheodore H. White (1915-1986) was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for the Making of the President series: his accounts of the1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 presidential elections, all of which are being reissued withnew forewords by Harper Perennial Political Classics. His other books include ThunderOut of China, America in Search of Itself, and In Search of History: A Personal Adventure.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780689105531 |
| ISBN 10 | 0689105533 |
| Title | The Making of the President, 1972 |
| Author | Theodore H White |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books |
| Year published | 1973-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 391 |
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