TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,Michael A. TI - American Maelstrom: the 1968 election and politics of division T2 - Pivotal moments in American history SN - 9780199777563 AV - E851 .C65 2016 U1 - 324.973/0924 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Nixon, Richard M. KW - Humphrey, Hubert H. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Election KW - 1968 KW - Politics and government KW - 1963-1969 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Before -- Backlash -- Losing the middle ground -- Part II. The Democrats -- A quiet, witty man of grey presence -- The (un)happy warrior -- The most misunderstood man in American politics -- Out like a lion -- The evangelist vs. The philosopher -- The politics of joy? -- Part III. The Republicans -- The cipher -- The short-lived George Romney boomlet -- The "doer" and the "rising star of the west" -- Part IV. Wallace -- The demagogue -- Part V. A tale of two conventions -- A plastic paradise -- A city that works -- Part VI. The general election -- What goes up must come down; what goes down must come up -- The final storm -- Part VII. After -- Post-mortem -- The legacy of 1968 ER -