02836 a2200337 4500 BJBSDDR 20250709155617.0 ta 250506s2023 ctu 00| 0 eng d 9780300254396 (hbk.) 0300254393 (hbk.) eng DLC eng JK 526 N629y 2023 Nichter, Luke A. 41891 The year that broke politics : collusion and chaos in the presidential election of 1968 / Luke A. Nichter. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023. xii, 370 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-359) and index. Introduction -- Sprint optimism. Johnson ; Humphrey ; Nixon ; Wallace -- Summer heat. Paris ; Miami ; Chicago ; Pittsburgh -- Autumn disquiet. Messenger ; Stalemate ; Allies -- October surprises. Home stretch ; Bombing halt ; Dragon Lady ; Photo finish -- Epilogue. The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed. Nichter also shows that Johnson was far more active in the campaign than has previously been described; that Humphrey's resurgence in October had nothing to do with his changing his position on the war; that Nixon's "Southern Strategy" has been misunderstood, since he hardly even campaigned there; and that Wallace's appeal went far beyond the South and anticipated today's Republican populism. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), Jr., 1911-1978 42001 Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 12713 Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998. 43292 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. 4636 Presidentes Estados Unidos Elecciones 7197 1968 Campañas políticas Historia Estados Unidos 504 Siglo XX Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1963-1969 26231 lcc BK rmza 123349 123349 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-05-06 0 JK 526 N629y 2023 00000188862 2025-05-06 00:00:00 1 2025-05-06 BK