THE LONELIEST CAMPAIGN: The Truman Victory of 1948

by Irwin Ross ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 27, 1968

While no one particularly liked Governor Dewey, apparently everyone seemed to dislike Harry S. Truman which meant that the 1948 presidential election would be a shoo-in for the Republicans. Well financed, with public opinion running strongly in its favor, the G.O.P. was confident it could return the presidency, into Republican hands. The three rational polling agencies had reported that Truman didn't have a chance and his dismal electoral prospects were to be finalized by the loss of conservative Democrats to the States' Rights party and the defection of radicals to Henry Wallace's Progressives. However, with the guidance of Clark Clifford, and the backing of the American labor movement, Truman was able to rouse the farmers, the workers, and the all-important Negro vote. . . . This reads with considerably more excitement than the conventional political monograph; the author is a first rate journalist and the book has supplementary values in its parallels that will be useful in 1968.

Pub Date: March 27, 1968

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Publisher: New American Library

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1968

Categories: NONFICTION