The Men and the Moment, Aram Goudsouzian
The Men and the Moment, Aram Goudsouzian
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The Men and the Moment
The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America

Author: Aram Goudsouzian

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/30/2019


Synopsis

The presidential election of 1968 forever changed American politics. In this character-driven narrative history, Aram Goudsouzian portrays the key transformations that played out over that dramatic year. It was the last "Old Politics" campaign, where political machines and party bosses determined the major nominees, even as the "New Politics" of grassroots participation powered primary elections. It was an election that showed how candidates from both the Left and Right could seize on "hot-button" issues to alter the larger political dynamic. It showcased the power of television to "package" politicians and political ideas, and it played out against an extraordinary dramatic global tableau of chaos and conflict. More than anything else, it was a moment decided by a contest of political personalities, as a group of men battled for the presidency, with momentous implications for the nation's future.

Well-paced, accessible, and engagingly written, Goudsouzian's book chronicles anew the characters and events of the 1968 campaign as an essential moment in American history, one with clear resonance in our contemporary political moment.

About Aram Goudsouzian

Aram Goudsouzian is professor of history at the University of Memphis. His books include Sidney Poitier and Down to the Crossroads.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimba

A fast-paced introduction, based largely on published primary sources, to the 1968 US presidential election. What was most striking for me were the parallels between the populist and racist third-party candidacy of George Wallace and that of Donald Trump, including slogans and placards that read, “L......more

Goodreads review by Porter

This was a fun quick introduction to the 1968 election. The first 8 chapters are on the major Democratic, Republican, and Independent candidates that ran for their party's nomination (and/or for President) in 1968. If you are looking for an in depth book on the subject, this isn't it---but that's a......more

Goodreads review by Steve

This is a truly wonderful and concise view of one of the most incredible presidential elections in the 20th century. 1968 was an exceptionally disruptive and chaotic year. The war in Vietnam was raging, anti war demonstrations erupted on college campuses throughout the country, the incumbent preside......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

A good, well written but not groundbreaking work of modern history. Remarkably short, and yet deftly sketches each of the main candidates and a good number of the minor figures in one of the most exciting elections in post war America. The McCarthy portrait in particular is well done. What is missing i......more