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What It Takes: The Way to the White House

Richard Ben Cramer

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An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.

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Pages:: 1051 pages

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ISBN10:: 0679746498

ISBN13:: 9780679746492

kindle Asin:: B005EXHAVK

What It Takes: The Way to the White House

Richard Ben Cramer

4.42/5 (2593 ratings)

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An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.

Format:

Pages:: 1051 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Reprint

Language:

ISBN10:: 0679746498

ISBN13:: 9780679746492

kindle Asin:: B005EXHAVK

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