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The right path : from Ike to Reagan, how Republicans once mastered politics-- and can again

Title
The right path : from Ike to Reagan, how Republicans once mastered politics-- and can again / Joe Scarborough.
Author
Scarborough, Joe.
Publication
New York : Random House, [2013]

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xxviii, 194 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"Although it can be difficult to remember now as they seemingly glide towards ideological and demographic irrelevance, from the mid-1960s to the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, the Republicans enjoyed a reign whose duration and scope rivaled those of Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, or even FDR. Opening with the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and ending with the disillusionment that characterized the final months of George W. Bush's presidency, Scarborough ultimately takes today's Republican party to task for squandering opportunities to attain and hold power. By revisiting Eisenhower's understated diplomacy, Barry Goldwater's fierce rhetoric and Reagan's gift for channeling and connecting with voters, The Right Path vividly demonstrates how today's GOP has undermined its own cause and in doing so, fails the nation"--
Subject
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History
  • Presidents > United States > History
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch
  • United States > Politics and government
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194).
Call Number
JFD 15-1963
ISBN
  • 9780812996142
  • 0812996143
LCCN
2013029788
OCLC
2013029788
Author
Scarborough, Joe.
Title
The right path : from Ike to Reagan, how Republicans once mastered politics-- and can again / Joe Scarborough.
Publisher
New York : Random House, [2013]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194).
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