Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index.
Foreword / George P. Shultz -- Acknowledgments -- Campaign strategy -- The new South rises: competition for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 -- Down to political defeat: Reagan's inability to break Ford's coalition in the 1976 primaries -- Reshaping the domestic and international landscape, part 1: the long road to the 1980 presidential election -- Reshaping the domestic and international landscape, part 2: the 1980 presidential election -- Fighting the nomenklatura's privileges: the rhetorical campaign of 1986-88 -- Yeltsin's winning campaigns: down with privileges and out of the USSR, 1989-91 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index