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        • Episode 1: "1968"
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        • Episode 6: "Power"
        • Episode 7: "Democrats for Nixon
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Episode 1: "1968"

Bibliography

Summary: The little-known freshman senator from South Dakota, George McGovern, rises to the national stage, while the old, dominant Democratic Party breaks apart in 1968.

Episode Bibliography

 

Books:

 

  • McGovern: a biography, by Robert Sam Anson, 1972

  • The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovern, by Thomas Knock, 2016

  • Grassroots: The Autobiography of George McGovern, by George McGovern, 1977

  • The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45, Stephen Ambrose, 2002

  • Uphill, a Personal Story, by Eleanor McGovern, 1974

  • Robert Kennedy and His Times, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., 1978

  • American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division, by Michael A. Cohen, 2016

  • The Liberals’ Moment, by Bruce Miroff, 2007

  • Nixonland, by Rick Perlstein, 2008

 

Articles:

 

  • New York Times, “Mob Attack, Incited by Trump, Delays Election Certification,” January 2021

  • NPR, “Here Are The Republicans Who Objected To The Electoral College Count,” January 2021

  • New York Magazine, “Police Riot,” by Jimmy Breslin, September 1968

  • New York Times, “New Hampshire Primary,” March 1968

  • NPR, “Military Victory But Political Defeat: The Tet Offensive 50 Years Later,” January 2018

  • New York Times, “Washington: The Qualities of Robert Kennedy,” June 1968

  • New York Times, “Enter Mr. Humphrey,” April 1968

  • New York Times, “Kennedy Supporters Awaiting a New Candidate,” July 1968

  • New York Times, “Sorensen Urges Open Convention,” July 1968

  • New York Times, “Week’s U.S. War Dead of 308 Highest of Summer,” August 1968

  • The Guardian, “The Whole World Is Watching,” August 2019

  • New York Times, “Defeat for Doves on Vietnam Plank Reflects Deep Division Within Democratic Party,” August 1968

 

Oral Histories:

 

  • Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Interview with George McGovern

  • Miller Center, George McGovern Oral History

  • Nixon Library, George McGovern Oral History

  • World War II Museum, George McGovern Oral History

 

Studies:

 

  • Gallup, Iraq Versus Vietnam: A Comparison of Public Opinion, August 2004

  • American War Library, Vietnam War Allied Troop Levels 1960-73

  • National Archives, Vietnam War U.S. Military Fatal Casualty

  • The Century Foundation, The Inclusive Populism of Robert Kennedy, March 2018

  • Chicago Study Team, Rights in Conflict, December 1968

 

Historical speeches, news footage, and other archival tape excerpted in the episode were gathered from:

 

  • Archive of American Television

  • Bay Area Television Archive

  • CSPAN

  • Dakota Wesleyan University

  • Internet Archive

  • Minnesota Historical Society

  • The Miller Center at the University of Virginia

  • Vanderbilt Television News Archive

  • Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

  • YouTube


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