Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns by Joseph Cummins

Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns

Joseph Cummins

336 pages first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who relish uncovering the scandalous, often absurd underbelly of American political history through vivid anecdotes that reveal how little modern political tactics have evolved.

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A revised and updated history of mudslinging, character assassination, and other election strategies from U.S. presidential politics of the past. Covering 225-plus years of smear campaigns, slanderous candidates, and bad behavior in American elec...

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