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Reaganland - America's Right Turn 1976-1980 (Paperback)
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Reaganland - America's Right Turn 1976-1980 (Paperback)
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List price R524
Loot Price R493
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 From the bestselling author
of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion
of how conservatism took control of American political power. Over
two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works
about the emerging dominance of conservatism in modern American
politics. With the saga's final installment, he has delivered yet
another stunning literary and historical achievement. In late 1976,
Ronald Reagan was dismissed as a man without a political future:
defeated in his nomination bid against a sitting president of his
own party, blamed for President Gerald Ford's defeat, too old to
make another run. His comeback was fueled by an extraordinary
confluence: fundamentalist preachers and former segregationists
reinventing themselves as militant crusaders against gay rights and
feminism; business executives uniting against regulation in an era
of economic decline; a cadre of secretive "New Right" organizers
deploying state-of-the-art technology, bending political norms to
the breaking point-and Reagan's own unbending optimism, his ability
to convey unshakable confidence in America as the world's "shining
city on a hill." Meanwhile, a civil war broke out in the Democratic
party. When President Jimmy Carter called Americans to a new ethic
of austerity, Senator Ted Kennedy reacted with horror, challenging
him for reelection. Carter's Oval Office tenure was further
imperiled by the Iranian hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan, near-catastrophe at a Pennsylvania nuclear plant,
aviation accidents, serial killers on the loose, and endless gas
lines. Backed by a reenergized conservative Republican base, Reagan
ran on the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again"-and
prevailed. Reaganland is the story of how that happened, tracing
conservatives' cutthroat strategies to gain power and explaining
why they endure four decades later.
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