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Reagan rising : the decisive years, 1976-1980
\"In 1976, when Ronald Reagan lost his second bid for the GOP presidential nomination (the first was in 1968), most observers believed his political career was over. Yet one year later, at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Reagan sounded like a new man. He introduced conservatives to a \"New Republican Party\"--one that looked beyond the traditional country club and corporate boardroom base to embrace \"the man and woman in the factories ... the farmer ... the cop on the beat. Reagan's movement quickly spread ... [and] Reagan also began drawing young people to American conservatism. But it was not only the former governor's political philosophy that was changing. A new man was emerging as well: the angry anticommunist was evolving into a more reflective, thoughtful, hopeful, and more spiritual leader. Championing the individual at home, rejecting containment and detente abroad, and advocating for the defeat of Soviet communism, his appeal crossed party lines\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Rendezvous with Destiny
\"A first-rate work of insider history... A monumental accomplishment.\" — National Review
The election that changed everything: Craig Shirley's masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged \"too close to call\" as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslide—and altered the course of history. To write Rendezvous with Destiny, Shirley gained unprecedented access to 1980 campaign files and interviewed more than 150 insiders—from Reagan's closest advisers and family members to Jimmy Carter himself. His gripping account follows Reagan's unlikely path from his bitter defeat on the floor of the 1976 Republican convention, through his underreported \"wilderness years, \" through grueling primary fights in which he knocked out several Republican heavyweights, through an often-nasty general election campaign complicated by the presence of a third-party candidate (not to mention the looming shadow of Ted Kennedy), to Reagan's astounding victory on Election Night in 1980. Shirley's years of intensive research have enabled him to relate countless untold stories—including, at long last, the solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in politics: just how Reagan's campaign got hold of Carter's debate briefing books.
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