1968: War and Democracy

by Eugene J. McCarthy, Christopher Hitchens (Foreword)

Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy's own account of the year 1968, a year in which he challenged and unseated a sitting US President & made a fundamental contribution to the ending of a disastrous & undeclared, war conducted by a president who was assuming near-dictatorial powers in the pursuit of that illegal war.

246 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 2000

About the author

Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician, poet & a long-time member of the Congress from Minnesota. He served in the House from 1949 to 1959 & the Senate from 1959 to 1971.
In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy was the first candidate to challenge incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic nomination for president, running on an anti-Vietnam War platform. The unexpected vote total he achieved in the New Hampshire primary led Johnson to withdraw from the race & lured Robert F. Kennedy into the contest. He would unsuccessfully seek the presidency five times altogether.

Reviews

[Shaun · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are those among us who are free to find the new road. We must do this; we must have leaders for whom the past is a warning rather than a chain binding him (or her) to error.