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The Year That Broke Politics
- Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today's 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 president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed.
This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history.
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- Julia Kolbe Collingwood
- 05-09-24
Good Book, Terrible reader
I happened to hear of this book when I listened to a podcast by Nial Fergusen and he raved about it.
He maybe right about the book but I gave up on this production.
It is undoubtedly the worst read audiobook that I have ever encountered - so bad that I could not even finish the first chapter.
What a pity.
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- ALAN DAWSON
- 17-02-24
Shocking narration sounds like it’s AI
The book is fine,excellent in fact, a revised history of the 1968 presidential election, the narration is however almost unlistenable. Continual pauses after nearly every third word makes you wonder if it’s computer generated.
Buy the book, the listening experience is awful, I tried numerous speeds to see if it could be made better, the only thing I can suggest is audible remixes the audio and removes all the pauses.
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