04080cam a2200517 i 4500 127454 20230404125819.0 161223s2017 nyuf b 001 0deng 19417034 acquire 2 shelf copies Sel/ddw, 2017-05-01 lcc bk 2016050682 9781501105562 (hardback) 9781501105579 (trade paperback) 9781501105586 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- 002 E 837.7 K35O 2017 973.922092 HIS036060 POL008000 POL016000 bisacsh Oliphant, Thomas, author. The road to Camelot : inside JFK's five-year campaign / Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York ; London ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster, [2017] x, 433 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373) and index. Presidents United States Election 1960. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Presidential candidates United States Biography. Political campaigns United States History 20th century. Candidatos presidenciales Estados Unidos Biografía. Campañas políticas Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX. United States Politics and government 1953-1961. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1953-1961. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. bisacsh Wilkie, Curtis, co-author. Online version: Oliphant, Thomas, author. Road to Camelot First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017 9781501105586 (DLC) 2017000324 5245 5245 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 837.7 K35O 2017 00000120935 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk