Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism

New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed on fep.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xx, [2], 362 p. Illustrations, black & white. Bibliography. Index. From Wikipedia: "Joseph Ben Zion Wattenberg (August 26, 1933 June 28, 2015), known as Ben J. Wattenberg, was an American author, commentator and demographer. Associated with leading Democratic politicians in the 1960s and '70s, he leaned increasingly conservative in his latter years. He was an aide and speechwriter to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968, and served as an adviser to Hubert Humphrey's 1970 Senate race and Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson's contest for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, and Democratic Party presidential primaries of 1976, and served on the 1972 and 1976 Democratic National Convention platform committees. Wattenberg came to national attention as co-author with Richard M. Scammon of The Real Majority, the 1970 analysis believed to have provided the basis for the campaign strategies of the Nixon administration in the 1970 congressional elections and 1972 presidential election."