TY - BOOK AU - Donaldson,Gary A. TI - When America Liked Ike: How Moderates Won the 1952 Presidential Election and Reshaped American Politics SN - 9781442211773 AV - E816.D663 2017 U1 - 973.921092 PY - 2016/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated KW - Presidents--United States--Election--1952 KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 "Background to the Age, and the Scramble to Nominate Eisenhower" -- Chapter 2 Stevenson of Illinois -- Chapter 3 Eisenhower Decides to Run -- Chapter 4 Truman Decides Not to Run -- Chapter 5 Democrats on the Periphery -- Chapter 6 The 1952 Campaign as the Beginning of the Future of American Politics -- Chapter 7 Conventions -- Chapter 8 The Campaign -- Election Statistics (Electoral College) 1952 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author N2 - In this book, Gary Donaldson argues that the 1952 presidential election, which exposed deep internal divisions on the left and the right, set the stage for the current U.S. political landscape. This book will prove an invaluable resource to readers, students, and scholars interested in rooting out the origins of our contemporary political landscape, on the right and the left UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4705704 ER -