Reviews

"Gould's writing is exhilarating. . . . He also reminds readers of the long-term impact of the race. Here, indeed, is the birth of modern American politics, the origins of a liberal-conservative divide, grounded in policy and rhetoric, embodied, respectively, in the Republican and Democratic Parties. It is no wonder that Gould's account should seem so fresh."--Political Science Quarterly"This book should remain the standard account of this contest for the foreseeable future."--Journal of American History"Unquestionably the definitive work on the seminal election of 1912. Essential."--Choice

"This shrewdly argued and beautifully crafted volume illuminates the enduring significance of the 1912 race. The best book ever written about one of the more intelligent campaigns in U.S. history."--Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan"The best informed and most trenchant study of this election yet published. Fluent, lucid, authoritative, it resounds with the politics of the Progressive era."--John Morton Blum, author of The Republican Roosevelt"At long last, the 1912 election has the history it deserves. A splendid book. A remarkable and splendid book written with unfailing insight, balance, and fairness to all the candidates."--John Milton Cooper, Jr., author of The Warrior and the Priest: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson