The Right Path From Ike to Reagan How Republicans Once Mastered Politics And Can Again ,Joe Scarborough

-ABOUT THIS BOOK

In the aftermath of Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide, the Republican Party appeared to be on the verge of permanent irrelevance. LBJ’s Great Society was institutionalizing sweeping liberal reforms, and the United States had a thriving, prosperous economy. Yet in an instant everything changed, and the next four decades would witness an unprecedented era of Republican ascendancy. What happened?
 
In The Right Path, Joe Scarborough looks back in time to discern how Republicans once dominated American public life. From Eisenhower’s refusal to let “the perfect be the enemy of the good” to Reagan’s charismatic but resolutely practical genius, Scarborough shows how principled pragmatism, combined with a commitment to core conservative values, led to victory after victory.
 Now, however, political incalcitrance is threatening to turn a once-mighty party into a permanent minority.  
 Opening with the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965—the high-water moment for liberalism—and ending with the national disillusionment that set in after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, The Right Path effortlessly blends American political history with astute analysis and pithy, no-holds-barred commentary. Both a bracing call to arms and a commonsense history, The Right Path provides an illuminating look at conservatism and its discontents—and why the GOP must regain its former tone and tradition if it hopes to survive.

 – Contents

Introduction: Forty Augusts: From Watts to Katrina
1: A Dislike for Ike
2: Between a Rock and the Right
3: Goldwater, Extremism, and the Rise of LBJ
4: Reagan’s Rendezvous with Destiny
5: The Lift of a Driving Dream
6: Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion
7: The Dream Is Still with Us
8: A New Hope
9: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
10: The Polo Populist
11: A Revolution Unravels
12: The Worst of Times

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Date de parution :12 novembre 2013

N.de pages : 224 pages

ISBN-10 : 0812996143

ISBN-13 : 978-0812996142

Éditeur : Random House

Dimensions : 15.16 x 2.57 x 21.72 cm

Poids: 431 g

Langue :anglais