"How did Thomas E. Dewey snatch defeat out of the jaws of a sure victory in the presidential election of 1948?  What is the story behind Truman's spectacular and successful one-man campaign?  . . .

For the first time Tom Dewey speaks out publicly on the election, along with many other prominent campaign figures personally interviewed by the author.  Here, too, are behind-the-scenes moves in the political struggle among Taft, Stassen, and Dewey preceding the nomination; the Democratic Convention, with the secession of the Southern bloc and the almost forgotten attempts to draft Eisenhower as Democratic candidate; Truman's caustic criticism of the Eightieth Congress; the reasons for Dewey's silence on the issues of 1948; the bitterness and jubilation after the Election Day upset.. . ."