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**The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential electionsHarry Truman's 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 campaign's 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 & Elections magazine
"Brilliantly portrays President Harry Truman's 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 of Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning
"Sweepingcompelling."Library Journal
"Gripping detail."The New York Journal of Books
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