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Kennedy v. Nixon is a book for everyone who thinks they know what happened in the pivotal election year of 1960. For fifty years we've accepted Theodore White's premise (from The Making of the President, 1960) that Kennedy ran a brilliant campaign while Nixon committed blunder after blunder.

But White the journalist was a Kennedy partisan and helped establish the myth of Camelot. Now, five decades later, Edmund Kallina offers a fresh overview of the election's most critical and controversial events.

Based upon research conducted at four presidential libraries--those of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon--Kallina is able to make observations and share insights unavailable in the immediate aftermath of one of the closest races in American presidential history. He describes the strengths and mistakes of both camps, and examines the impact of civil rights, Cold War tensions, and the televised presidential debates on an election that still looms large in both the political history and the popular imagination of the United States.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. Cast of Characters
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-3
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  1. 1. National Party Politics in the 1950s
  2. pp. 4-24
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  1. 2. Kennedy and Nixon before 1960
  2. pp. 25-48
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  1. 3. John F. Kennedy and the Democratic Nomination
  2. pp. 49-80
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  1. 4. Richard M. Nixon and the Republican Nomination
  2. pp. 81-96
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  1. 5. The General Election Campaign, July 28–September 25
  2. pp. 97-116
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  1. 6. The General Election Campaign, September 26–October 21
  2. pp. 117-134
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  1. 7. Civil Rights and the General Election Campaign
  2. pp. 135-157
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  1. 8. The Final Days of the General Election Campaign, October 22–November 7
  2. pp. 158-176
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  1. 9. November 8, 1960, and Its Aftermath
  2. pp. 177-200
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  1. 10. The Myths of 1960
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  1. Appendix
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  1. Notes
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  1. Sources
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  1. Index
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  1. About the Author
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