In “Pivotal Tuesday’s: Four Elections that shaped 20th Century”, the author Margaret O’Mara does an extraordinary job on examining pivotal presidential elections of the past to show how they shaped the 20th century. O’Mara’s most important element to understand the present is to use history as a tool. Throughout these chapters, the author analyzes broad aspects that are essential to presidential elections as well as political parties. In chapter five, she explains the distinct views by the two major political parties during the Vietnam War and through other events and factors such as communism, the civil rights movement and other issues.
