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Battleground 1948 - Truman, Stevenson, Douglas and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History (Hardcover)
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Battleground 1948 - Truman, Stevenson, Douglas and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History (Hardcover)
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The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most
astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general
election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments
for change. As the battle for the nation's highest office came to a
head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan
showdowns--elections that would prove critical in the course of
state and national history.
In "Battleground 1948," Robert E. Hartley offers the first
comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its
consequences, which still resonate today. Focusing on the races
that ushered Adlai Stevenson, Paul Douglas, and Harry Truman into
office--the last by the slimmest of margins--"Battleground 1948"
details the pivotal events that played out in the state of
Illinois, from the newspaper wars in Chicago to tragedy in the mine
at Centralia.
In addition to in-depth revelations on the saga of the American
election machine in 1948, Hartley probes the dark underbelly of
Illinois politics in the 1930s and 1940s to set the stage,
spotlight key party players, and expose the behind-the-scenes
influences of media, money, corruption, and crime. In doing so, he
draws powerful parallels between the politics of the past and those
of the present. Above all, "Battleground 1948 "tells the story of
grassroots change writ large on the American political
landscape--change that helped a nation move past an era of conflict
and depression, and forever transformed Illinois and the U.S.
government.
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