What It Takes: The Way to the White House - Hardcover

Cramer, Richard Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394562607 ISBN 13: 9780394562605

Publisher: Random House, 1992

Synopsis

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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About this title

From the Publisher:

"Quite possibly the finest book of presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times soaringly lyrical, prose." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

From the Back Cover:

"Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times soaringly lyrical, prose." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"The ultimate insider's book on presidential politics...an unparalleled source book on the 1988 candidates."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0394562607
• ISBN 13: 9780394562605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1047