The Rise of the Counter-Establishment: The Conservative Ascent to Political PowerA classic of American politics returns. Sidney Blumenthal's seminal study of contemporary politics describes how the Republican Party built its infrastructure to arrive at the Reagan triumph in the years following Barry Goldwater's defeat and Nixon's cataclysmic resignation in 1974. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administration American Enterprise Institute Arthur Laffer Baroody Bartley became become believed big government Buckley budget cadres called campaign capital Carter CEOs chairman Cheney Communist Congress conservatism conservative intellectuals corporate Counter-Establishment crisis culture defense deficit Democratic director doctrine dream economist editor election elite entrepreneurs faith federal Feulner Foundation free-market Friedman George Gilder Goldwater Hayek Heritage Ibid ideas ideology interest Irving Kristol issue Jack Kemp John Jude Jude Wanniski Keynesian Laffer Lenkowsky Liberal Establishment Meese ment Milton Friedman Mondale monetarism monetarist National neoconservatives never Nixon Norman Podhoretz Olin Foundation Podhoretz political position President presidential principles realignment Republican Party Richard Rockefeller Ronald Reagan Roundtable Sears Secretary Senate shadow liberalism Simon social society Soviet speech Star Wars Stockman Sunbelt supply-side economics tax cut television think tanks tion traditional Trotskyist Wanniski wanted Washington White House William wrote