The Making Of The President---1964

Description for THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT---1964: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICS IN ACTION by Theodore H White:

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT---1964 tells the story of that turbulent year of decision which began with the assassination of John F Kennedy, swept through the civil war within the Republican Party and the revolution of the American Negro, and climaxed in the battle for power between Lyndon B Johnson and Barry Goldwater.

IT IS THE STORY OF HOW MEN BEHAVE when they are caught by great forces and must act under relentless pressure to lead; and of how Americans respond to leadership at every level. It is a work of unique illumination and excitement.

HERE IS A COMPLETE PORTRAIT OF Lyndon Johnson as President. Here is the story of how he took over the government of the United States and made it his own---in his own fascinating way. Here, too, is the anguish of the Republican Party in 1964 as Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller and William W Scranton tore it apart and left it wounded and bleeding in a crisis of conscience.

PERSONALITIES DOMINATE Mr. White's new book, for he has said: "History is chiefly gossip about great men as they behave under stress."

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT---1964 also tells of the changing background against which Americans had to judge their leaders---of the impact of television and prosperity; of the pounding of the world outside; and of the tormenting struggle of Black and White in America to find a way to live peacefully together.