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Reagan's cowboys : inside the 1984 reelection campaign's secret operation against Geraldine Ferraro

Title
Reagan's cowboys : inside the 1984 reelection campaign's secret operation against Geraldine Ferraro / John B. Roberts II.
Author
Roberts, John B., II
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, [2020]

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Description
vii, 249 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro-the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history-reached First Lady Nancy Reagan during the 1984 presidential election, a secret operation was launched to investigate her. It revealed Ferraro's familial ties to organized crime and the extent to which she would have been subject to pressure or blackmail by the Mafia if elected. Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House and 1984 reelection committee, with revealing anecdotes about Ronald and Nancy Reagan."--
Subject
  • Roberts, John B., II
  • Reagan, Ronald
  • Ferraro, Geraldine
  • 1900-1999
  • Presidents > United States > Election > 1984
  • Political campaigns > United States > History > 20th century
  • Political candidates > Research > United States
  • Vice-presidential candidates > United States
  • Political campaigns
  • Politics and government
  • Presidents > Election
  • Vice-presidential candidates
  • United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
"Who did I piss off in this town?" -- Out of the Rose Garden -- A Field of White Crosses -- Ferraro Enters the Fray -- Promise and Peril -- Just Because You're Paranoid... -- Yours, Mine and Ours -- Frenemies -- Implausible Deniability -- Watergate Redux -- Our Man on the Hill -- Failure Is an Orphan -- Inquiring Minds -- Under the Microscope -- Mobbed Up? -- Debate Disaster -- The Heartland Special -- Arrested and Booked -- Eddie Chan, the Inside Man -- The Verdict.
Call Number
JFE 21-2206
ISBN
  • 9781476678122
  • 147667812X
  • 9781476641249 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020024026
OCLC
1155610436
Author
Roberts, John B., II, author.
Title
Reagan's cowboys : inside the 1984 reelection campaign's secret operation against Geraldine Ferraro / John B. Roberts II.
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
EXAMINES ATTEMPTS TO UNCOVER MOB CONNECTIONS OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2206
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