
The Year That Broke Politics
Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968
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Narrado por:
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Kent Klineman
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De:
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Luke A. Nichter
The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today's fractured politics
The 1968 presidential race was a contentious battle between Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Republican Richard Nixon, and former Alabama governor George Wallace. The United States was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy and was bitterly divided on the Vietnam War and domestic issues, including civil rights and rising crime. Drawing on previously unexamined archives and numerous interviews, Luke A. Nichter upends the conventional understanding of the campaign.
Nichter chronicles how the evangelist Billy Graham met with Johnson after the president's attempt to reenter the race was stymied by his own party, and offered him a deal: Nixon, if elected, would continue Johnson's Vietnam War policy and also not oppose his Great Society, if Johnson would soften his support for Humphrey. Johnson agreed.
This eye-opening account of the political calculations and maneuvering that decided this fiercely fought election reshapes our understanding of a key moment in twentieth-century American history.
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Regrettably, Kent Klineman's narration is robotic and mars the audiobook. Interestingly, Mr. Klineman is a professional narrator and voice and theater actor, who has won a Tony Award. So count me surprised.
I just listened to a different Audible audiobook, also a work of history. That audiobook, also written by a university professor, was narrated by a faculty colleague, whose narration was exquisite.
Sometimes the finest narrator is someone with a transparent love of the subject matter, who can convey the story with an animated voice — not necessarily a professional narrator.
Poor narration
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Language fluency
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History Amazingly relevant today
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Stilted and sibilant
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Terrible narration
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Is he reading this for the first time?
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Bad narration
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Complicated web of "supposeds."
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But this was the worst narration I’ve ever heard on Audible. It’s hard to believe Nichter was narrating his own book. It’s monotone and halting. Another reviewer said he sounded like a robot. I would just amend that slightly and say a malfunctioning robot. How an accomplished scholar can sound like an adult just learning to read is beyond me (no disrespect to courageous adults learning to read, but they shouldn’t narrate Audible books).
Read, don’t listen to, this book.
New Take on 1968, Worst Narration Ever
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