What is the best book on the 1968 Presidential Election?
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« on: February 05, 2011, 11:57:30 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 03:50:14 PM »

Any alternate history on it, in my opinion.
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 09:43:13 PM »

The Making of the President 1968
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 06:18:28 PM »

Try Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's more of a Nixon biography, but it does describe the 1968 presidential election in great detail, especially the George Wallace campaign and the Democratic National Convention.
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 07:46:18 PM »

Try Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's more of a Nixon biography, but it does describe the 1968 presidential election in great detail, especially the George Wallace campaign and the Democratic National Convention.

I read part of that book. I liked how it focused on individuals, with a chapter devoted to Reagan (though it's possibly tainted with bias), and with other people. I like one of the pictures in the middle where it has Romney, Reagan, and Rocky and the caption reads "some anti-war figures wore suits" referring to Romney.
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2011, 08:31:17 AM »

An American Melodrama. Similar to White's Making of the President series, though.
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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2011, 09:16:57 PM »

Thanks Pizza!!
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2011, 11:04:16 PM »

Divided They Stand by David English is very good. can't say if it's the best, but it's good.  think I read it at age 15.
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 11:27:35 PM »

Try Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's more of a Nixon biography, but it does describe the 1968 presidential election in great detail, especially the George Wallace campaign and the Democratic National Convention.

That's a good book. I like how the John Birch Society supported Wallace despite his economic views.
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