About the 1960 president ial election. The effects of which continue to reverberate across todays Political Landscape we all think we know that that history is well written and wellspoken for but now irwin gelman has become americas contemporary leading authority on the 1960 election, and hes the first historian to truly use mounds of material from the archives to tell a more complete account of the 1960 election including unused sources. Such as the fbi surveillance logs of then candidate John F Kennedy and the papers of Leon Jaworski and Henry Cabot Lodge, jr. Gilman is a scholar of 20th century president ial history whose two prior books have documented the congressional and Vice President ial periods of Richard Nixons life. And his third entitled the campaign of the century Kennedy Nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. Gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century president ial historian, dr. Luke nichter who holds the James H Cavana
Welcome back to the west coast. I think for many years this was a second home or a home for you, how many years did you spend here and did you miss it . I spent with susan, seven years going through documents day by day, week by week, year by year. This volume as a mere two and a half million pages of research which is what i do. Since you asked that question, i have a little plug and i forgot to give. A year from now, luke nichter will be sitting in the say. He has been finishing a study of the election of 1968 and the incident had virtually nothing to do with the election of 1968. If you are here now, come back for a loop a year from now and find out what really did happen in 1968. We can just be an opposite sides, at that point. But, juxtapose that experience of studying residential records for seven years with what it came from. I once heard you talk about or describe yourself as a small pant from baltimore. So, how does someone in that situation go on to get a ph. D. In American H
Americas contemporary leading authority on the 1960 election, and hes the first historian to truly use mounds of material from the archives to tell a more complete account of the 1960 election including unused sources. Such as the fbi surveillance logs of then candidate John F Kennedy and the papers of Leon Jaworski and Henry Cabot Lodge, jr. Gilman is a scholar of 20th century president ial history whose two prior books have documented the congressional and Vice President ial periods of Richard Nixons life. And his third entitled the campaign of the century Kennedy Nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. Gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century president ial historian, dr. Luke nichter who holds the James H Cavanaugh endowed chair in president ial studies at Chapman University dr. Nichter is a New York Times bestselling author whos credits include two volumes of the nixon tapes with historian, doug, brinkley. A biography of Henry Cab
Continues now with Erwin Gellman on the 1960 president ial campaign, candidates Richard Nixon and john kennedy and they close and come of the election. The Richard Nixon campaign is the host of this event with the president ial museum in belinda, california. Tonights conversation will be about the 1960 president ial election, the effects of which continue to reverberate across todays political landscape. We all think we know that that history was well written and well spoken for. But, now, Erwin Gellman has become americas contemporary looted authority on the 1960 election. It is they first historian to use mounds of material from the archive to tell a more complete account of the 1960 election, including unused sources such as the fbi surveillance logs of then candidate john f. Kennedy. And the papers of several others. He is a scholar of 20th century president ial history who used to prior books have documented Richard Nixons life. His third, and titled the campaign of the century ke
Gilman is a scholar of 20th century president ial history whose two prior books have documented the congressional and Vice President ial periods of Richard Nixons life. And his third entitled the campaign of the century Kennedy Nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. Gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century president ial historian, dr. Luke nichter who holds the James H Cavanaugh endowed chair in president ial studies at Chapman University dr. Nichter is a New York Times bestselling author whos credits include two volumes of the nixon tapes with historian, doug, brinkley. A biography of Henry Cabot Lodge jr. And nectar is now at work on a history of the 1968 president ial election. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in welcoming irv gelman and dr. Luke nichter. Here. Thank you. Now first of all, id like to thank you all for coming. I appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the evening, but id like to spend. Two minutes maybe and t