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Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Reference Review
Gr 9 Up—Using critical commentary and primary-source documents, this evenhanded work sheds light on "crisis points" in presidential campaigns from 1952 to 2012. The authors chose documents that they feel represent "critical events" in election campaigns, with the majority being speeches and addresses; also provided are political ads, press conference excerpts, debate transcripts, memos, reports, and a photograph. From Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech to the Lyndon B. Johnson c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More