Presidential campaigns : documents decoded

Shea, Daniel M. (Author). Harward, Brian M. (Added Author).

Summary: Presidential Campaigns : Documents Decoded illuminates both the high stakes of a presidential campaign and the gaffes, controversies, and excesses that often influence the outcome. With a view to enabling readers to develop skills essential to political literacy, the book examines crisis points in modern presidential elections from the early 1950s through the late 2000s. Chronologically organized, the study focuses on key events pertinent to each election. It provides an original account of the event, such as a debate transcript or news report, as well as a discussion detailing how the issue emerged and why it was important. This unique and engaging approach enables students to experience the actual source material as voters might have. At the same time, it shows them how an expert views the material, facilitating a deeper understanding of the narratives every presidential campaign constructs around its candidates, its party, and its opponents.

Item details

ISBN: 9781610691925
ISBN: 161069192X
ISBN: 9781610691932
Physical Description: print
xxii, 305 pages ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2013]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : crisis points in modern presidential election -- Election of 1952 -- Truman on civil rights : President Harry Truman's special message to Congress on civil rights, February 2, 1948 -- McCarthy at the 1952 Republican National Convention : Senator Joseph McCarthy's Election of 1952 -- Truman on civil rights : President Harry Truman's special message to congress on civil rights, February 2, 1948 -- McCarthy at the 1952 Republican National Convention : Senator Joseph McCarthy's address to the Republican National Convention, July 9. 1952 -- Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican National Convention : General Dwight D. Eisenhower's address accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention, July 11, 1952 -- A promise, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Earl Warren : memorandum from President Eisenhower to Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr., August 5, 1953 -- Nixon's "Checkers" speech : television address by Richard Nixon, September 23, 1952 -- Election of 1956 -- Eisenhower and desegregation : the President's news conference, August 8, 1956 -- Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis : the President's new conference, August 8, 1956 -- Election of 1960 -- Eisenhower, Nixon, and the U2 spy plane incident : telegram from the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department if State, Moscow, 7:00 p.m., May 9, 1960 -- Nixon's fifty-state pledge : Richard Nixon's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, July 28, 1960 -- Kennedy's religion speech : John F. Kennedy's speech on religious bigotry to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, September 12, 1960 -- Kennedy, Nixon, and the first televised presidential debate : stills from the Nixon-Kennedy debate, September 26, 1960 -- "Nixon's experience?" ad : anti-Richard Nixon campaign ad, 1960 -- Election of 1964 -- Rockefeller on Goldwater's extremism : Nelson Rockefeller's remarks to the Republican National Convention, July 14, 1964 -- Goldwater's rejoinder to Rockefeller : Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, July 14, 1964 -- "Peace little girl" ("Daisy girl") ad : campaign ad for Lyndon B. Johnson by the Democratic National Committee, September 7, 1964 -- Goldwater's sanity : "1,189 psychiatrists say Goldwater is psychologically unfit to be president!", FACT Magazine, September 1964.