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The liberals' moment : the McGovern insurgency and the identity crisis of the Democratic Party /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miroff, Bruce
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2007]
Subjects:
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Liberalism > United States.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1972.
McGovern, George S. > (George Stanley), > 1922-2012.
Table of Contents:
  • "A sixties campaign in the seventies"
  • Decent ambition
  • The left-center strategy
  • A downward arc
  • "A long, slow crawl"
  • "Radical?"
  • A grassroots army
  • Democratic insurgency
  • Mass movements and McGovernites
  • A textbook for attack politics : the master vs. McGovern
  • Excavating the landslide
  • The legacy of the McGovern campaign
  • McGovernites.