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050			_aE 837.7 _b.C268 2009
100			_aCasey, Shaun. _9108041
245		4	_aThe making of a Catholic president : _bKennedy vs. Nixon 1960 / _cShaun A. Casey.
260			_aOxford _bOxford University Press, _c2009
300			_aviii, 261 p. _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-234) and index.
505			_aThe ghost of Al Smith -- The lay of the land -- First skirmishes -- Preparing for battle -- Mobilizing the troops -- Guerilla warfare -- A lion in a den of Daniels -- The endgame.
520			_aThe 1960 presidential election, won ultimately by John F. Kennedy, was one of the closest and most contentious in American history. The country had never elected a Roman Catholic president, and the last time a Catholic had been nominated--New York Governor Al Smith in 1928--he was routed in the general election. From the outset, Kennedy saw the religion issue as the single most important obstacle on his road to the White House. He was acutely aware of, and deeply frustrated by, the possibility that his personal religious beliefs could keep him out of the White House. In The Making of a Catholic President, Shaun Casey tells the fascinating story of how the Kennedy campaign transformed the "religion question" from a liability into an asset, making him the first (and still only) Catholic president. Drawing on extensive archival research, including many never-before-seen documents, Casey takes us inside the campaign to show Kennedy's chief advisors--Ted Sorensen, John Kenneth Galbraith, Archibald Cox--grappling with the staunch opposition to the candidate's Catholicism. Casey also reveals, for the first time, many of the Nixon campaign's efforts to tap in to anti-Catholic sentiment, with the aid of Billy Graham and the National Association of Evangelicals, among others. The alliance between conservative Protestants and the Nixon campaign, he shows, laid the groundwork for the rise of the Religious Right. This book will shed light on one of the most talked-about elections in American history, as well as on the vexed relationship between religion and politics more generally. With clear relevance to our own political situation--where politicians' religious beliefs seem more important and more volatile than ever--The Making of a Catholic President offers rare insights into one of the most extraordinary presidential campaigns in American history. www.alibris.com
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650			_aCatholics _zUnited States _993458
650			_aPresidents _zUnited States _922630
650			_aReligion and politics _zUnited States _969729
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