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LBJ. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies

LBJ. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
David Pietrusza
United States, New York City
2008
Vanderbilt University Special Collections

The tumult and rapid political change of this period can perhaps be no better summed up than in the political journeys of three future U.S. presidents – John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Richard Milhous Nixon. The 1960 presidential campaign proved a significant shaping experience for all three political careers.