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_b.W535 2008
082 0 0 _a973.927 WIL
100 1 _aWilentz, Sean
245 1 4 _aThe age of Reagan
_b: a history, 1974-2008
_c/ Sean Wilentz
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York, NY
_b: Harper
_c, c2008.
300 _aviii, 564 p., [16] p. of plates
_b: ill.
_c; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [515]-543) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Prologue: July 4, 1976 -- Memories of the Ford administration -- Détente and its discontents -- Jimmy Carter and the agonies of anti-politics -- Human rights and democratic collapse -- New morning -- Confronting the Evil Empire -- "Call it mysticism if you will" -- "We have an undercover thing" : the Iran-Contra Affair -- "Another time, another era" -- Reaganism and realism -- The politics of Clintonism -- Clinton's comeback -- Animosities and interest : the impeachment of Clinton -- Irreparable harm : the election of 2000 -- Epilogue: October 13, 2001.
520 _aWilentz, the eminent Princeton historian, argues that for the past thirty-five years U.S. political history has been defined by the new politics of conservatism brokered by its major powerhorse, Ronald Reagan.
600 1 0 _aReagan, Ronald
_d(, 1911-2004)
650 4 _aPolitical culture
_z-United States
_x-History
_y-20th century
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_z--United States
_x--History
_y--21st century
650 4 _aConservatism
_z-United States
_x-History
_y-20th century
650 0 _aConservatism
_z--United States
_x--History
_y--21st century
651 4 _aUnited States
_x-Politics and government
_y-1945-1989
651 _aUnited States
_x-Politics and government
_y-1974-1989
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