Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy's own account of the year 1968, a year in which he challenged and unseated a sitting US President and made a fundamental contribution to the ending of a disasterous, and undeclared, war conducted by a president who was assuming near-dictatorial powers in the pursuit of that illegal war.
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In 1948 Eugene McCarthy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served five terms. He was the first congressman to publicly challenge the vicious antiCommunist attacks of Senator Joseph McCarthy and was instrumental in the creation of the Democratic Study Group, which set forth a liberal program of action for the Democratic Party. McCarthy was a member of the famed "Class of 1958," one of 13 liberal Democrats who defeated incumbent Republicans in that year. He ran against President Lyndon Johnson in the 1969 election as an antiwar candidate, and his campaign mobilized thousands of young people across the nation, changing the face of presidential campaigns, and the Democratic Party forever.
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It is my hope that this book will be a testimonial to the many people, young and old, who practiced what came to be called the "New Politics" in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in the year 1968; that it will fill in some of the information gaps and clear up some of the misunderstandings that arose in the course of the campaign and prove to be a worthwhile commentary not only on the politics of 1968 but be a help in understanding and influencing American politics and government policies in the future. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Senator Kennedy, New Hampshire, President Johnson, United States, New York, Vice President Humphrey, South Vietnam, Senator Robert Kennedy, White House, North Vietnam, Hubert Humphrey, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Adlai Stevenson, Concerned Democrats, House of Representatives, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Attorney General, South Dakota, Hilton Hotel, Martin Luther King, Senator Humphrey, Supreme Court New!
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It is my hope that this book will be a testimonial to the many people, young and old, who practiced what came to be called the "New Politics" in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in the year 1968; that it will fill in some of the information gaps and clear up some of the misunderstandings that arose in the course of the campaign and prove to be a worthwhile commentary not only on the politics of 1968 but be a help in understanding and influencing American politics and government policies in the future. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Senator Kennedy, New Hampshire, President Johnson, United States, New York, Vice President Humphrey, South Vietnam, Senator Robert Kennedy, White House, North Vietnam, Hubert Humphrey, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Adlai Stevenson, Concerned Democrats, House of Representatives, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Attorney General, South Dakota, Hilton Hotel, Martin Luther King, Senator Humphrey, Supreme Court New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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