The Year That Broke Politics : Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968

The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today’s fractured politics A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2023: Politics “The book is a delightful demolition of the many political myths that continue to muddy our understanding of that election year. . . . Nichter’s book stands out for its clear, direct prose and the scrupulous research on which it’s based.”-Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between vice president Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace.The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F.Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime.Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A.Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign. Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president’