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Vote Your Conscience : The Last Campaign of George Mcgovern by Richard Marano (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100275971899
ISBN-139780275971892
eBay Product ID (ePID)2859117
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameVote Your Conscience : the Last Campaign of George Mcgovern
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century, General, Political, American Government / National
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRichard Marano
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2003-008554
Reviews"Marano's testament to McGovern's tenacity is a welcome addition to the plethora of books on politics today, if only to remind us that there are some real honest-to-god hroes among the imposters at play." The Bloomsbury Review, "Admirers of McGovern will regard this book as a vindication of his unrepentant New Dealism. McGovern was a decent man, who was one of the first vicitms of the then-emerging indecency of what we now call the politics of personal destruction....To many, McGovern's conduct in his last campaign is a reminder of what politics once was--before campaigns were driven by attacks and counterattacks." Political Science Quarterly, "[M]arano provides a useful account of an episode in the career of one of the twentieth century'd most important politicians, whose success in his own state of South Dakota was as remarkable in its own way as was his failure in the field of presidential politics."- Great Plains Quarterly, "Marano's book offers an honest appraisal of a decent man trapped by the indecency of the modern political process." The Advocate, "Marano's book offers an honest appraisal of a decent man trapped by the indecency of the modern political process."- The Advocate, "[A]n excellent new book....In addition to its usefulness to historians, Marano's book also reveals a hidden secret waiting for the Democratic Party to exploit to its advantage nationwide."- American Politics Journal, "Admirers of McGovern will regard this book as a vindication of his unrepentant New Dealism. McGovern was a decent man, who was one of the first vicitms of the then-emerging indecency of what we now call the politics of personal destruction....To many, McGovern's conduct in his last campaign is a reminder of what politics once was--before campaigns were driven by attacks and counterattacks."- Political Science Quarterly, "Marano's testament to McGovern's tenacity is a welcome addition to the plethora of books on politics today, if only to remind us that there are some real honest-to-god heroes among the imposters at play."- The Bloomsbury Review, "[A]n excellent new book....In addition to its usefulness to historians, Marano's book also reveals a hidden secret waiting for the Democratic Party to exploit to its advantage nationwide." American Politics Journal, "[M]arano provides a useful account of an episode in the career of one of the twentieth century'd most important politicians, whose success in his own state of South Dakota was as remarkable in its own way as was his failure in the field of presidential politics." Great Plains Quarterly
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal328.73/092 B
Table Of ContentPrologue Introduction: A Visit with the Ghost of Elections Past The New Right and the Old Paranoia: Senate Defeat The Decision to Run: Quixotic or Common Sense This Land Is Your Land: The Press Reaction On the Road Again The McGovern Platform: Realism and Common Sense This Land Is My Land: Iowa New Hampshire on a Shoestring Super Tuesday: Massachusetts or Bust The Peacemaker Appendices End Notes Acknowledgments
SynopsisOne of the great ironies of American politics is that George McGovern, one of the most misinterpreted and misunderstood men ever to seek the presidency, was also perhaps one of the most intelligent and far-sighted. Sadly, he is generally remembered for his landslide defeat to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential contest. The stigma of that defeat has often overshadowed McGovern's otherwise influential and respectable career in politics. Richard Michael Marano shows that despite his infamous defeat, McGovern--very much a man of high principles--stood tall and spoke his conscience when he decided in 1983 that he would again run for the presidency. While his candidacy was at first seen by many as a pathetic attempt by a political has-been to relive past glories, McGovern quickly proved his critics wrong by running a solid, admirable campaign. In an era of conservatism, McGovern offered the American voter a clear alternative to the politics of Ronald Reagan, and his campaign helped guide the Democratic candidates onto a platform based on substantive issues and common sense ideas. Marano, a McGovern activist in the Connecticut campaign, provides an inside, yet detailed and documented, account of McGovern's last play on the national stage and all that went into it. This book is an in-depth analysis of the 1984 Democratic campaign, as well as a detailed discussion of George McGovern's common sense program for America.
LC Classification NumberE840
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