The Last Campaign

How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election

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The Last Campaign

How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
336

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The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election
April 10, 2001, Vintage
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The last campaign: how Harry Truman won the 1948 election
2000, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
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The last campaign: the election of 1948
2000, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
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First Sentence

"THE WAR WAS OVER, but still it was everywhere."

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Library of Congress
E815 .K37 2001

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OL7426117M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0375700773
ISBN 13
9780375700774
Library Thing
780044
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