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Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future / Will Bunch.
LIBRA E877.2 .B86 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunch, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reagan, Ronald--Influence.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Symbolism in politics--United States.
- Symbolism in politics.
- United States.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper's conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America's political and economic situation.
- Contents:
- Ronald Reagan Boulevard
- A man before myth
- An untaxing burden
- Warrior defused
- Prospero unmasked
- Rolling back Reagan
- Enter the mythmakers
- The great misinterpreter
- Reagan's '08 campaign
- Exorcising Gipper's ghost.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781416597629
- 141659762X
- OCLC:
- 277237857
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