Rule and Ruin

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Kabaservice is the author of the National Book Award-nominated The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment. He has written for numerous national publications and has been an assistant professor of history at Yale University. He lives outside Washington, DC. Klappentext Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans. Zusammenfassung Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Collapse of the Moderate Republican Establishment, 1960-64 Chapter 2: "Moderation Is No Virtue": The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964 Chapter 3: Wresting in the Ruins: Moderates Regain Control of the Republican Party, 1965 Chapter 4: From Rat Finks to Reagan: Republican Resurgence, 1966 Chapter 5: Moderation's High Tide: George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967 Chapter 6: Moderate Half-Victories and the Presidential Election of 1968 Chapter 7: Moderates Get a Piece of the Action: Nixon's First Year, 1969 Chapter 8: Clashing with Nixon: The Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970 Chapter 9: Slouching Towards Bethlehem: The Decline and Fall of the Moderate Republicans, 1971-2011 Conclusion

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Geoffrey Kabaservice is the author of the National Book Award-nominated The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment. He has written for numerous national publications and has been an assistant professor of history at Yale University. He lives outside Washington, DC.

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Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans.

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• Introduction

• Chapter 1: The Collapse of the Moderate Republican Establishment, 1960-64

• Chapter 2: "Moderation Is No Virtue": The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964

• Chapter 3: Wresting in the Ruins: Moderates Regain Control of the Republican Party, 1965

• Chapter 4: From Rat Finks to Reagan: Republican Resurgence, 1966

• Chapter 5: Moderation's High Tide: George Romney's Rise and Fall, 1967

• Chapter 6: Moderate Half-Victories and the Presidential Election of 1968

• Chapter 7: Moderates Get a Piece of the Action: Nixon's First Year, 1969

• Chapter 8: Clashing with Nixon: The Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970

• Chapter 9: Slouching Towards Bethlehem: The Decline and Fall of the Moderate Republicans, 1971-2011

• Conclusion