Out of the jaws of victory
Title:
Out of the jaws of victory
Author:
Abels, Jules, 1913- author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, [1959]
©1959
Physical Description:
ix, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
The reasons why Thomas E. Dewey lost the Presidential election to Harry S. Truman in 1948.
Language:
English
Contents:
Truman tailspin -- Truman fights back -- Dewey wins out over Stassen and Taft -- Democratic prelude-Ike for President -- Truman nominated-Southern Split -- The Wallace nomination -- The Eightieth Congress -- The Great Miscalculation -- Opening the Campaign -- The Campaign-Middle stages -- Wallace decline-Dixiecrat Fizzle -- Concluding the Campaign -- Pre-election illusion -- Shock -- 1949-Disillusion -- What went wrong? -- Thoughts on 1948 and today.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780800310110
Format :
Book
