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War stories from campaign trails past

John Dickerson is the moderator of CBS's Face the Nation, the political director of CBS News and a veteran Washington journalist for Slate and Time magazine before that. His work covering this year's wild and crazy presidential campaign inspired him to look back at the past.

By Todd Purdum • Sep 9, 2016 • 1 min read

John Dickerson is the moderator of CBS's Face the Nation, the political director of CBS News and a veteran Washington journalist for Slate and Time magazine before that. His work covering this year's wild and crazy presidential campaign inspired him to look back at the past. In his new book, Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History, he reminds us that the country has survived worse elections than this one.

Todd Purdum
Politico
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Evan George
Director of Content, News
John Dickerson
Slate / 'Face the Nation'

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To the Point

War stories from campaign trails past

John Dickerson is the moderator of CBS's Face the Nation, the political director of CBS News and a veteran Washington journalist for Slate and Time magazine before that. His work covering this year's wild and crazy presidential campaign inspired him to look back at the past.

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To the Point

War stories from campaign trails past

John Dickerson is the moderator of CBS's Face the Nation, the political director of CBS News and a veteran Washington journalist for Slate and Time magazine before that. His work covering this year's wild and crazy presidential campaign inspired him to look back at the past.

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