1988

From conventions to topless bars to a UFO belt in the Texas panhandle, the author paints an audacious and frightening vision of a nation that has forgotten its dreams.

The story of a presidential campaign presenting an intimate portrait of the cynical world of American politics.

An examination of the characters of the men running for the presidential nomination in the 1988 election in the Republican and Democratic parties.

Provides new insight into every first lady's incalculable influence.

Charts American response to the revolutionary upheaval in global politics when the Cold War began to dissolve.

Jesse Jackson's press secretary during his 1988 presidential campaign describes the private personality of Jackson from the Iowa caucus to the 1988 election.