A brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators. History turns on a dime. A missed meeting, a different choice of words, and the outcome changes dramatically. Nowhere is this truer than in the field where Jeff Greenfield has spent most of his working life, American politics, and in three dramatic narratives based on memoirs, histories, oral histories, fresh reporting with journalists and key participants, and Greenfield's own knowledge of the principal players, he shows just how extraordinary those changes would have been. These things are true: In December 1960, a suicide bomber paused fatefully when he saw the young president-elect's wife and daughter come to the door to wave goodbye...In June 1968, RFK declared victory in California, and then instead of talking to people in another ballroom, as intended, was hustled off through the kitchen...In October 1976, President Gerald
Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics JFK, Rfk, Carter, Ford, Reagan
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Author: Greenfield, Jeff
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780399157066
Details:
Author: Greenfield, Jeff
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 08-03-2011
Part Number: 66-00126
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780399157066
