Format:
ix, 1107 Seiten; 32 ungezählte Seiten
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Illustrationen
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24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition
ISBN:
9781476793054
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9781476793061
Content:
In late 1976, Ronald Reagan was dismissed as a man without a political future. His comeback was fueled by a coalition that changed American politics for good: 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 anxiety; a cadre of secretive “New Right” organizers deploying state-of-the-art technology and bending political norms to the breaking point. But the final ingredient was Reagan himself – and his uncanny ability to convey an unshakable confidence in America, in an era of perilous national decline, 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, aviation accidents, serial killers on the loose, and endless gas lines. Backed by a reenergized conservative Republican base, Reagan ran on the campaign slogan “Let's 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.
Note:
Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781476793078
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
Keywords:
Reagan, Ronald 1911-2004
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USA
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Politik
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Konservativismus
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Geschichte 1974-1981
