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Newt Gingrich : The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur /

"From the moment he entered politics, Newt Gingrich was laser-focused on one goal: to regain control of the House of Representatives and, as a result, to facilitate a conservative shift in American society. To achieve this goal he overturned long-held Congressional norms. In a June 1978 speech,...

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Autores principales: Green, Matthew N., 1970- (Autor), Crouch, Jeffrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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