John C. Skipper

The 1964 Republican Convention

Barry Goldwater and the Beginning of the Conservative Movement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Arizona senator Barry Goldwater was a staunch conservative more interested in advancing the conservative cause than running for president. A "Draft Goldwater" campaign three years in the making catapulted him to the Republican nomination in 1964, despite bitter opposition within the party. He was defeated in a landslide by Lyndon Johnson but the right had established itself as a reinvigorated force in the years to come. This is a chronicle of the 1964 Republican convention and the beginnings of the modern conservative movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780786498086
• ISBN-10: 0786498080
• Artikelnr.: 44677304

Autorenporträt

John C. Skipper, a political reporter for the Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette, has written numerous books on politics and baseball, including a history of the The Iowa Caucuses and acclaimed biographies of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Dazzy Vance and Charlie Gehringer.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
1-Thirty Words
2-A Tale of Two Tafts
3-Filling the Vacuum
4-The Contenders
5-The Clandestine Meeting
6-Feeling the Draft
7-The Rockefeller Campaign
8-November 22, 1963
9-The Goldwater Kitchen Cabinet
10-The Rocky Road
11-Lyndon Johnson
12-New Hampshire
13-Scranton and Romney
14-The Eisenhower Factor
15-The Battlefields
16-California
17-Cleveland
18-The Civil Rights Bill
19-San Francisco
20-The Acceptance Speech
21-Convention Myths
22-The Lion and the Lamb
Epilogue
Appendix A-1964 Primary Election Results
Appendix B-Total Primary Popular Vote
Appendix C-1964 Convention First Ballot Vote Count
Appendix D-Goldwater Acceptance Speech, July 16, 1964
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index