What It Takes: The Way to the White House

by Cramer, Richard Ben
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ISBN: 9780679746492
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Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times soaringly lyrical, prose. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Cramer, Richard Ben
  • ISBN: 9780679746492
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.02 x 1.76
  • Number Of Pages: 1072
  • Publication Year: 1993

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