Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party. This item is unavailable.Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party

<b>From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time. </b><div><b><br></b><div> The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And so, 1980 became a civil war. It was the last time an American president received a serious reelection challenge from inside his own party, the last contested convention, and the last all-out floor fight, where political combatants fought in real time to decide who would be the nominee. It was the last gasp of an outdated system, an insider's game that old Kennedy hands thought they had mastered, and the year that marked the unraveling of the Democratic Party as America had known it.<br><br></div><div><i>Camelot's End </i>details the incredible drama of Kennedy's challenge -- what led to it, how it unfolded, and its lasting effects -- with cinematic sweep. It is a story about what happened to the Democratic Party when the country's long string of successes, luck, and global dominance following World War II ran its course, and how, on a quest to recapture the magic of JFK, Democrats plunged themselves into an intra-party civil war.<div><br>And, at its heart, <i>Camelot's End </i>is the tale of two extraordinary and deeply flawed men: Teddy Kennedy, one of the nation's greatest lawmakers, a man of flaws and of great character; and Jimmy Carter, a politically tenacious but frequently underestimated trailblazer. Comprehensive and nuanced, featuring new interviews with major party leaders and behind-the-scenes revelations from the time,<i> Camelot's End </i>presents both Kennedy and Carter in a new light, and takes readers deep inside a dark chapter in American political history. </div></div></div>

<b>Jon Ward</b> is the senior political correspondent for <i>Yahoo News</i>, author of <i>Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party</i> (Twelve Books, 2019), and host of <i>The Long Game</i> podcast. He has covered American politics and culture for two decades as a city desk reporter in Washington D.C.; as a White House correspondent who traveled aboard Air Force One to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; and as a national affairs correspondent who has traveled the country to write about two presidential campaigns and the ideas and people animating our times. He has been published in <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The New Republic</i>, <i>Politico</i><i>Magazine</i>, <i>Vanity Fair</i>, <i>The Huffington Post</i>, and <i>The Washington Times</i>. He and his family live in Washington, D.C.