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100 1 $aKarabell, Zachary.
245 14 $aThe last campaign :$bhow Harry Truman won the 1948 election /$cZachary Karabell.
250 $a1st Vintage books ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books,$c2001.
300 $a308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"It was the last presidential campaign in which Americans truly had a choice across the ideological spectrum, from the far Right to the far Left. And the winner, according to pundits and pollsters alike, would be the Republican standard-bearer, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. After sixteen years of Democratic rule, Americans seemed tired of the party and, in particular, of the somewhat inept incumbent, Harry Truman. Furthermore, Truman's chances appeared doomed by the growing strength of Henry Wallace's left-wing Progressive Party and Storm Thurmond's right-wing States' Rights Party, both drawing upon traditional Democratic constituencies." "Zachary Karabell tells the story of all four campaigns. Karabell argues that 1948 was the last time a presidential race would be dominated by radio and print media, and the last time progressive and far-Left viewpoints were openly debated and covered in the mainstream press, before the Cold War consensus placed an entire spectrum of political views beyond the pale." "Finally, Karabell shows why the polls were totally wrong, and how in the end Truman indulged in questionable political tactics to win the presidency. And he explains why this victory came at great cost to Truman's second term and to the country, paving the way for a Republican backlash and the virulent anti-Communist crusades of the 1950s."--Jacket.
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600 10 $aDewey, Thomas E.$q(Thomas Edmund),$d1902-1971.
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