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Rule and ruin : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party /
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE WIDENING GYRE: The Republican Party at the 1960 Convention; 2. THINGS FALL APART: Advance Magazine and the Decay of the Moderate Establishment, 1961-63; 3. THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: The Republican Primaries of 1964; 4. THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED: The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964; 5. THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED: Moderates Attempt to Regain Control of the GOP, 1965; 6. FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY: From Rat Finks to Reagan, 1966; 7. THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION: Moderation's Zenith and George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967.
- 8. MERE ANARCHY: Moderate Half-Victories and the Agonies of 19689. SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND: Richard Nixon's First Year in Office, 1969; 10. THE ROUGH BEAST: Nixon and the Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970; 11. DARKNESS DROPS: Moderate Republican Decline from Nixon to Ford to Reagan, 1971-80; 12. SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM: The Collapse of the Moderate Republicans, 1980-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.