Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the

Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968

In this landmark work of journalism, Norman Mailer reports on the presidential conventions of 1968, the turbulent year from which todayâ€™s bitterly divided country arose. The Vietnam War was raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy had just been assassinated. In August, the Republican Party met in Miami and picked Richard Nixon as its candidate, to little fanfare. But when the Democrats backed Lyndon Johnsonâ€™s ineffectual vice president, Hubert Humphrey, the city of Chicago erupted. Antiwar protesters filled the streets and the police ran amok, beating and arresting demonstrators and delegates alike, all broadcast on live televisionâ€”and captured in these pages by one of Americaâ€™s fiercest intellects.
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Praise for Miami and the Siege of Chicago
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â€œFor historians who wish for the presence of a world-class literary witness at crucial moments in history, Mailer in Miami and Chicago was heaven-sent.â€â€”Michael Beschloss, The Washington Post
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â€œExtraordinary . . . Mailer [predicted that] â€˜we will be fighting for forty years.â€™ He got that right, among many other things.â€â€”Christopher Hitchens, The Atlantic
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â€œOften reads like a good, old-fashioned novel in which suspense, character, plot revelations, and pungently describable action abound.â€â€”The New York Review of Books
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â€œ[A] masterful account . . . To understand 1968, you must read Mailer.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0399588337_used
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2016-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399588334

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0399588337_used
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2016-07-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399588334

Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968

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