The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman\'s 1948 Victory over Tom Dewey. compelling." --Library Journal. . .
Tom Dewey, who was making a repeat bid as the Republican nominee." --David Mark, journalist, political analyst, and author of Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning "Sweeping . a must-read." --Ron Faucheux, former editor-in-chief, Campaigns & Elections magazine "David Pietrusza brilliantly portrays President Harry Truman\'s successful efforts to stave off the challenge of New York Gov. . . . "A terrific book.
A skillful, authoritative investigation." --Kirkus Reviews Award-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ingloriously iconic headline in the history of presidential elections--DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN--to reveal the 1948 campaign\'s backstage events and recount the down-to-the-wire brawl fought against the background of an erupting Cold War, the Berlin Airlift, the birth of Israel, and a post-war America facing exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism. . . . by far the best yet about the fateful 1948] election." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Coherent, compelling. . . . "Outstanding.
The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman\'s 1948 Victory over Tom Dewey
