Rule and ruin : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party /
Kabaservice, Geoffrey M.
Rule and ruin : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party / Geoffrey Kabaservice. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 482 pages) - Studies in postwar American political development . - Oxford studies in postwar American political development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE WIDENING GYRE: The Republican Party at the 1960 Convention; 2. THINGS FALL APART: Advance Magazine and the Decay of the Moderate Establishment, 1961-63; 3. THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: The Republican Primaries of 1964; 4. THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED: The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964; 5. THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED: Moderates Attempt to Regain Control of the GOP, 1965; 6. FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY: From Rat Finks to Reagan, 1966; 7. THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION: Moderation's Zenith and George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967. 8. MERE ANARCHY: Moderate Half-Victories and the Agonies of 19689. SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND: Richard Nixon's First Year in Office, 1969; 10. THE ROUGH BEAST: Nixon and the Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970; 11. DARKNESS DROPS: Moderate Republican Decline from Nixon to Ford to Reagan, 1971-80; 12. SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM: The Collapse of the Moderate Republicans, 1980-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the mode.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Since 1945
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Parties.
Politics and government
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1945-1989.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1989-
United States.
Electronic books.
JK2356 / .K33 2012eb
324.2734
Rule and ruin : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party / Geoffrey Kabaservice. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 482 pages) - Studies in postwar American political development . - Oxford studies in postwar American political development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE WIDENING GYRE: The Republican Party at the 1960 Convention; 2. THINGS FALL APART: Advance Magazine and the Decay of the Moderate Establishment, 1961-63; 3. THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: The Republican Primaries of 1964; 4. THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED: The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964; 5. THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED: Moderates Attempt to Regain Control of the GOP, 1965; 6. FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY: From Rat Finks to Reagan, 1966; 7. THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION: Moderation's Zenith and George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967. 8. MERE ANARCHY: Moderate Half-Victories and the Agonies of 19689. SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND: Richard Nixon's First Year in Office, 1969; 10. THE ROUGH BEAST: Nixon and the Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970; 11. DARKNESS DROPS: Moderate Republican Decline from Nixon to Ford to Reagan, 1971-80; 12. SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM: The Collapse of the Moderate Republicans, 1980-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the mode.
9780199921133 (electronic bk.) 019992113X (electronic bk.) 9780199768400 (electronic bk.) 0199768404 (electronic bk.) 1283428083 9781283428088 9780199912902 (electronic bk.) 0199912904 (electronic bk.)
2C1E9E65-FA5E-4D28-9FB6-C70C299A7DCD OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Since 1945
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Parties.
Politics and government
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1945-1989.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1989-
United States.
Electronic books.
JK2356 / .K33 2012eb
324.2734