Washington, D.C

An illuminating study of American national politics, from the New Deal to the McCarthy Era, contrasts the personalities, politics, and values of two men vying for the Presidency as it follows the lives and fortunes of ruthless newspaper tycoon Blaise Sanford, his liberal son, his self-destructive daughter, his politician son-in-law, and a powerful conservative senator. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.