The Resource The road to Camelot : inside the Kennedy campaign, Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
The road to Camelot : inside the Kennedy campaign, Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
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- Summary
- "A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned over accepted wisdom that his Catholicism was a barrier to winning an election and plotted a successful course to that constituency. They hired Louis Harris--a polling entrepreneur--to become the first presidential pollster. They twisted arms and they charmed. They lined up party bosses, young enthusiasts, and fellow Catholics and turned the traditional party inside out. The last-minute invitation to Lyndon B. Johnson for vice president in 1956 surprised them only because they had failed to notice that he wanted it. They invented The Missile Gap in the Cold War and out-glamoured Richard Nixon in the TV debates. Now acclaimed, award-winning journalists Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie provide the most comprehensive account, based on a depth of personal reporting, interviews, and archives. The authors have examined more than 1,600 oral histories at the John F. Kennedy library; they've interviewed surviving sources, including JFK's sister Jean Smith, and they draw on their own interviews with insiders including Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. From the start of the campaign in 1955 when his father tried to persuade President Johnson to run with JFK as his running mate, The Road to Camelot reveals him as a tough, shrewd political strategist who kept his eye on the prize. This is one of the great campaign stories of all time, appropriate for today's political climate"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 432 pages
- Note
- "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781501105579
- Label
- The road to Camelot : inside the Kennedy campaign
- Title
- The road to Camelot
- Title remainder
- inside the Kennedy campaign
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
- Subject
-
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Elections
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | General
- Political campaigns
- Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politics and government
- 1900-1999
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- Election
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
- Presidential candidates
- Biographies
- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned over accepted wisdom that his Catholicism was a barrier to winning an election and plotted a successful course to that constituency. They hired Louis Harris--a polling entrepreneur--to become the first presidential pollster. They twisted arms and they charmed. They lined up party bosses, young enthusiasts, and fellow Catholics and turned the traditional party inside out. The last-minute invitation to Lyndon B. Johnson for vice president in 1956 surprised them only because they had failed to notice that he wanted it. They invented The Missile Gap in the Cold War and out-glamoured Richard Nixon in the TV debates. Now acclaimed, award-winning journalists Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie provide the most comprehensive account, based on a depth of personal reporting, interviews, and archives. The authors have examined more than 1,600 oral histories at the John F. Kennedy library; they've interviewed surviving sources, including JFK's sister Jean Smith, and they draw on their own interviews with insiders including Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. From the start of the campaign in 1955 when his father tried to persuade President Johnson to run with JFK as his running mate, The Road to Camelot reveals him as a tough, shrewd political strategist who kept his eye on the prize. This is one of the great campaign stories of all time, appropriate for today's political climate"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oliphant, Thomas
- Dewey number
- 973.922092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E837.7
- LC item number
- .O45 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wilkie, Curtis
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Kennedy, John F.
- Presidents
- Presidential candidates
- Political campaigns
- United States
- HISTORY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Kennedy, John F.
- Political campaigns
- Politics and government
- Presidential candidates
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- The road to Camelot : inside the Kennedy campaign, Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
- Note
- "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1701757
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501105579
- Lccn
- 2016050682
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701757
- (OCoLC)967727657
- Label
- The road to Camelot : inside the Kennedy campaign, Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
- Note
- "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1701757
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 432 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501105579
- Lccn
- 2016050682
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701757
- (OCoLC)967727657
Subject
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Elections
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | General
- Political campaigns
- Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politics and government
- 1900-1999
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- Election
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
- Presidential candidates
- Biographies
- Biography
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