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Right Moment Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics

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ISBN-10: 0195174070

ISBN-13: 9780195174076

Edition: 2004

Authors: Matthew Dallek

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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…    
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List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Matthew Dallekworks as a speechwriter in Washington, D.C. He earned his Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University in 1999. He has contributed toThe Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Salon,andSlatemagazine.

Introduction: The Critical Years
The Giant Killer
The Anticommunist
"Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, a Liberal?"
"Run Ronnie Run"
"You've Got to Get Those Kids Out of There"
"A Bunch of Kooks"
"Charcoal Alleys"
The George Wallace of California
The Search for Order
Prairie Fire
Epilogue
Afterword
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index