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Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising account
of the twentieth century's closest election "[Gellman] offers as
detailed an exploration of the 1960 presidential race as can be
found."-Robert W. Merry, Wall Street Journal "A brilliant work . .
. the research is absolutely phenomenal . . . This book should
receive every accolade the publishing industry can give it,
including the Pulitzer Prize."-John Rothmann, KGO's "The John
Rothmann Show" The 1960 presidential election between John F.
Kennedy and Richard Nixon is one of the most frequently described
political events of the twentieth century, yet the accounts to date
have been remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to
Kennedy's side than to Nixon's. The imbalance began with the first
book on that election, Theodore White's The Making of the President
1960-in which (as he later admitted) White deliberately cast
Kennedy as the hero and Nixon as the villain-and it has been
perpetuated in almost every book since then. Few historians have
attempted an unbiased account of the election, and none have done
the archival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done. Based on
previously unused sources such as the FBI's surveillance of JFK and
the papers of Leon Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry
Cabot Lodge, and many others, this book presents the first
even-handed history of both the primary campaigns and the general
election. The result is a fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters
long-held myths and reveals the strengths and weaknesses of both
candidates.
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