The Year That Broke Politics Audiobook Libro.fm

The unknown story of the election that set the tone for todays fractured politics

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 presidents attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party and offered him a deal Nixon if elected would continue Johnsons Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey Johnson agreed

This eyeopening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentiethcentury American history