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Author:

Stanley, Timothy

Title:

Kennedy vs. Carter : the 1980 battle for the Democratic Party's soul / Timothy Stanley.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Presidents--United States--Election--1980.
Kennedy, Edward M.--(Edward Moore),--1932-2009
Carter, Jimmy,--1924-
Political campaigns--United States--History--20th century.
Primaries--United States--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States.--Senate--Senate--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Jimmy Carter goes to Washington -- The man from Massachusetts -- Judgment at Memphis, 1978 -- The Kennedy moment -- Iran, Afghanistan, and defeat in Iowa -- "We gotta fight back!" : the Carter spring and the Kennedy summer -- Letting the dream die : the Democratic Convention of 1980 -- Giving it to the Gipper : the elections of 1980.

ISBN:

0700617027 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700617029 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)455870722

LCCN:

2009040171

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)