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Right face : organizing the American conservative movement 1945-65 /

This book tells the compelling story of how the American conservative movement in the two decades following World War II managed to move from obscurity to the centre stage of national politics. When Dwight D Eisenhower in 1952 defeated the conservative champion Robert Taft and won the Republican pre...

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Main Author: Bjerre-Poulsen, Niels
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Conservatism > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:8772898097
9788772898094
9788763500135
8763500132
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The revolt against liberalism
  • Fusing ice and fire
  • McCarthyism and the conservative quest for a public orthodoxy
  • Out of isolation
  • Finding a voice: the national review
  • Third-party probing: the case of the New York conservative party
  • Preparing the next generation: conservatism on campus
  • The respectable-and the not-so-respectable right
  • The reluctant crusader
  • Conquering the GOP
  • The anatomy of a landslide.

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