The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics
| AUTHOR | Dallek, Matthew |
| PUBLISHER | Oxford University Press (04/08/2004) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Ronald Reagan's first great victory in the 1966 California governor's race is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown was celebrated as the "Giant Killer" for his 1962 victory over Richard Nixon, and his liberal agenda reigned supreme. Yet in 1966 political neophyte Reagan trounced Brown by almost one million votes, marking not only the coming-of-age of Reagan's new conservatism but also the first serious blow to modern liberalism. Drawing on scores of oral histories, thousands of archival documents, and personal interviews with participants, Dallek offers a gripping new portrait of the 1960s that is far more complicated than our collective memory of that decade.
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ISBN-13:
9780195174076
ISBN-10:
0195174070
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
320
Carton Quantity:
28
Product Dimensions:
6.08 x 0.90 x 9.12 inches
Weight:
0.99 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
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BISAC Categories
Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections
Political Science | American Government - State
Political Science | United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
Dewey Decimal:
B
Library of Congress Control Number:
2003026282
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Ronald Reagan's first great victory in the 1966 California governor's race is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown was celebrated as the "Giant Killer" for his 1962 victory over Richard Nixon, and his liberal agenda reigned supreme. Yet in 1966 political neophyte Reagan trounced Brown by almost one million votes, marking not only the coming-of-age of Reagan's new conservatism but also the first serious blow to modern liberalism. Drawing on scores of oral histories, thousands of archival documents, and personal interviews with participants, Dallek offers a gripping new portrait of the 1960s that is far more complicated than our collective memory of that decade.
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Author:
Dallek, Matthew
Matthew Dallek is Assistant Professor of Political Management at George Washington University. He is also the author of The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics. His articles and reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Slate, and numerous other scholarly and popular publications.
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