Barry Goldwater, Extremism, and the 1964 Election-U.S.

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Barry Goldwater, Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention, San Francisco, July 16, 1964         
Charles Mohr, “Goldwater View Is ‘Frightening’ to Rockefeller, New York Times, July 18, 1964         
Milton Eisenhower, “Memorandum for the Record,” July 17, 1964
“Goldwater ‘Extremism’ Speech Interpreted by Eisenhower,” Albuquerque Journal, July 20, 1964          
Herb Block, “An American Tragedy” (cartoon), Washington Post, June 5, 1964
Eric Benson, “The Goldwater Campaign: Catching Up with Harry Jaffa,” New York Magazine, October 14, 2012       
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