TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,G.Scott
TI  - A new world to be won: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and the tumultuous year of 1960 
SN  - 9780313397950
AV  - E837.7 .T47 2011
U1  - 973.92 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Kennedy, John F.
KW  - Nixon, Richard M.
KW  - Nixon, Richard
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election
KW  - 1960
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - Biography
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Präsidentenwahl
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Wahlkampf
KW  - Sozialer Wandel
KW  - 1953-1961
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - gtt
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Prologue: The Spirit of Camp David -- 2. January: Around the Next Corner -- 3. February: Striding Toward Freedom -- 4. March: The Wind of Change -- 5. April: Paper Tigers -- 6. May: Spoiling for a Fight -- 7. June: Off Again, On Again -- 8. July: The New Frontier -- 9. August: Beginning to Stir -- 10. September: Substance and Appearance -- 11. October: A Suitcase of Votes -- 12. November: The Help of a Few Close Friends -- 13. December: The Can-Do Society -- 14. Epilogue: Passing the Torch
N2  - "In 1960, attitudes were changing; barriers were falling. It was a transitional year, during which the world as we know it today was beginning to take shape. While other books have focused on the presidential contest between Kennedy and Nixon, A New World to Be Won: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and the Tumultuous Year of 1960 illuminates the emerging forces that would transform the nation and the world during the 1960s, putting the election in the broader context of American history -- and world history as well. While the author does devote a large portion of this book to the 1960 presidential campaign, he also highlights four pivotal trends that changed life for decades to come: unprecedented scientific breakthroughs, ranging from the Xerox copier to new spacecraft for manned flight; fragmentation of the international power structure, notably the schism between the Soviet Union and China; the pursuit of freedom, both through the civil rights movement at home and the drive for independence in Africa; and the elevation of pleasure and self-expression in American culture, largely as a result of federal approval of the birth-control pill and the increasing popularity of illegal drugs."--Publisher's description
ER  -