Though he is remembered for his opposition to the Vietnam War, he was a pilot in WWII- here's a link to a really interesting story about a bombing run that stayed with him, and its surprising resolution 40 years later:
http://liverputty.blogspot.com/2008/...-24-pilot.html
Rick Perlstein's
Nixonland covers the 1968 and 1972 Presidential elections in depth, and is a very interesting read for those who, like me, didn't know much about McGovern, other than as a punchline to a joke (and, for that matter, about George Romney, who comes across very, very well in the book).