Archival Footage from the 196o Election This newsreel-style film for the U.S. Information Agency by Hearst Movietone News documents the 1960 presidential election from the nominating conventions ...

Announcer: The drama played in the United States every four years led someone to say once, the whole world holds its breath when the United States holds an election. John Kennedy victorious in ...

Obviously 2015 seemed like a presidential election year in effect, but technically it wasn't. Technically it was a casual year without any presidential politics at all, really.

Author David Pietrusza discussed some of the issues the United States was facing in 1960. A snapshot of America in 1960 is highlighted.

Book Review: 'Countdown 1960' Shows Parallels With This Year's Presidential Election Season "Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever" is ...

The 1960 presidential election changed everything. It was the first to feature televised debates between the two major-party candidates. It was the first where the candidates were born in the 20th ...

How Adlai Stevenson Stopped Russian Interference in the 1960 Election The Soviets offered the former presidential candidate propaganda support if he ran in 1960, an offer he politely declined ...

On November 9, 1960, John F. Kennedy was named the winner of the U.S. presidential election and became the first-ever Irish American Catholic President of the United States. Editor’s Note ...

CNN news anchor Chris Wallace starts the book in January 1960, when U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts declared his candidacy for the presidency during a divided time in United States ...

As we approach another consequential election this year, the book is a reminder of how 1960 was also a deeply perilous time for America.

CNN news anchor Chris Wallace starts the book in January 1960, when U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts declared his candidacy for the presidency during a divided time in United States ...