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Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future
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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 ...
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.
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- Creator
- Will Bunch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Free Press hardcover edition
- New York : Free Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 276 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781416597629, 141659762X
- OCLC
- ocn277237857
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Reagan, Ronald -- Influence.
- Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.
- Reagan, Ronald -- Public opinion.
- Symbolism in politics -- United States -- Case studies.
- Conservatism -- United States.
- Political culture -- United States.
- Public opinion -- United States.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-