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Countdown 1960: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of the 312 Days That Changed America's Politics Forever: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of the 312 Days That Changed America's Politics Forever Mechanics and from opposite sides ofInstant New York Times Bestseller The riveting new book on the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national