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Truman Defeats Dewey /
Fifty years ago Harry S. Truman pulled off the greatest upset in U.S. political history. With his party split on both the left and the right, and facing a formidable Republican opponent in New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, the Missourian was thought to have little chance of remaining in the White H...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
1999.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""Had Enough?"" The Elections of 1946; 2. Clark Clifford and Democratic Party Campaign Strategy; 3. The Eightieth Congress and the Qyestion of Mandate; 4. Henry Wallace and the Split of the Democratic Left; 5. Truman Versus Organized Labor: The Origins of Conflict; 6. The ADA and the Splintering of Postwar Liberalism; 7. The Loosening of Old Chains; 8. The End of Southern Dominance in the Democratic Party; 9. The Eisenhower Phenomenon; 10. The Democrats and the Eisenhower Diversion.
- 11. The Do-Nothing Eightieth Congress's Second Session12. The Republicans Nominate Dewey; 13. The Democrats Nominate Truman; 14. The Campaigns; 15. The Democratic Party Factions and the Election; 16. Postelection Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.