Summary: Kathryn Cramer BrownellView on AmazonWe are all aware how important professional movie makers are to modern campaigns. Many trace this importance to John F. Kennedy's presidential victory in 1960. Yet, as Kathryn Cramer Brownell shows in her new book Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Political Life (University of North Carolina Press, 2014), Tinseltown was a major influence on political races almost since the beginning of the motion picture industry. Her book wonderfully the history of how show business and politics are intertwined.
