What It Takes
Cramer, Richard Ben
**A masterpiece of political reportage that exposes the emotional reality of the modern American campaign system**
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer cracks open the heart of the American political system in this classic exploration of the 1988 presidential campaign. Cramer delves into the personal, intimate lives of the key candidates, including George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, Joe Biden, and Michael Dukakis, as he seeks to understand the drives, passions, egos, and failings that transform an individual into a president.
Exhaustively researched from thousands of hours of interviews, *What It Takes* creates powerful portraits of the men who would be president, and how the campaign for the highest office transforms them.
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer cracks open the heart of the American political system in this classic exploration of the 1988 presidential campaign. Cramer delves into the personal, intimate lives of the key candidates, including George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, Joe Biden, and Michael Dukakis, as he seeks to understand the drives, passions, egos, and failings that transform an individual into a president.
Exhaustively researched from thousands of hours of interviews, *What It Takes* creates powerful portraits of the men who would be president, and how the campaign for the highest office transforms them.
Έτος:
1992
Εκδότης:
Open Road Media
Γλώσσα:
english
ISBN 10:
1453219641
ISBN 13:
9781453219645
Αρχείο:
PDF, 6.79 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992