{"product_id":"9780140112405","title":"The Selling of the President: The Classic Account of the Packaging of a Candidate","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMcGinniss, Joe\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/2\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eWhat makes you cast your ballot?\u003cbr\u003eA Presidential candidate or a good campaign?\u003cbr\u003eHow he stands on the issues or how he stands up to the camera?\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Selling of the President\u003c\/b\u003e is the enduring story of the 1968 campaign that wrote the script for modern Presidential politickingand how that script came to be.  It introduces:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarry Treleaven, the first adman to suggest that issues bore voters, that image is what counts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoger Ailes, a PR man who coordinated the TV presentations that delivered the product\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrank Shakespeare, the man behind the whole campaign, who, after eighteen years at CBS, cast the image that sold America a President\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the candidate, Richard Nixon himselfa politician running on television for the highest office in the land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his introduction, Joe McGinniss discusses whyunfortunatelyhis classic book is as pertinent today to understanding our political culture as it was the year it was published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43380146503935,"sku":"9780140112405","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780140112405_s600x595.jpg?v=1776096008","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780140112405","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}