Quest for the Presidency: The Storied and Surprising History of Presidential Campaigns in America - Hardcover

Riel, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640122303 ISBN 13: 9781640122307

Verlag: Potomac Books Inc, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

<i>Quest for the Presidency</i> gathers in a single volume the compelling stories behind every presidential campaign in American history, from 1789 through 2020. Bob Riel takes us inside the 1800 clash between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the 1860 election that launched the Civil War, the 1948 whistle-stop comeback of Harry Truman, the Kennedy-Nixon drama of 1960, the 1980 Reagan Revolution, the historic 2008 election of Barack Obama, the turbulent 2020 battle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and everything in between.<br><br> This engaging and insightful book includes a trove of entertaining stories about campaigns and candidates, and it goes beyond the campaign tales to also consider the threads that link elections across time. It sheds light on the continually evolving story of American democracy in a way that helps us to better understand present-day politics.<br><br> &#160;<br> &#160;

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<b>Bob Riel </b>is an author and freelance journalist who has written about history, politics, and travel for a variety of publications. He earned a master&#8217;s degree in political science from Boston College, with a focus on the history of American presidential elections.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1640122303
• ISBN 13: 9781640122307
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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