1948

The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential electionsHarry Trumans victory over Tom Dewey: ';Outstanding.'Minneapolis Star-Tribune In this lively account, award-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ingloriously iconic headline in the history of presidential electionsDEWEY DEFEATS TRUMANto reveal the 1948 campaigns backstage events and recount the down-to-the-wire brawl fought against the background of an erupting Cold War, the Berlin Airlift, the birth of Israel, and a post-war America facing exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism. ';Coherent, compellingA skillful, authoritative investigation.'Kirkus Reviews ';A terrific booka must-read.'Ron Faucheux, former editor-in-chief,Campaigns & Electionsmagazine ';Brilliantly portrays President Harry Trumans successful efforts to stave off the challenge of New York Gov. Tom Dewey, who was making a repeat bid as the Republican nominee.'David Mark, author ofGoing Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning ';Sweepingcompelling.'Library Journal ';Gripping detail.'The New York Journal of Books