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Learn moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power.
Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emerging dominance of conservatism in modern American politics. With the sagaâs final installment, he has delivered yet another stunning literary and historical achievement.
In late 1976, Ronald Reagan was dismissed as a man without a political future: defeated in his nomination bid against a sitting president of his own party, blamed for President Gerald Fordâs defeat, too old to make another run. His comeback was fueled by an extraordinary confluence: fundamentalist preachers and former segregationists reinventing themselves as militant crusaders against gay rights and feminism; business executives uniting against regulation in an era of economic decline; a cadre of secretive âNew Rightâ organizers deploying state-of-the-art technology, bending political norms to the breaking pointâand Reaganâs own unbending optimism, his ability to convey unshakable confidence in America as the worldâs âshining city on a hill.â
Meanwhile, a civil war broke out in the Democratic party. When President Jimmy Carter called Americans to a new ethic of austerity, Senator Ted Kennedy reacted with horror, challenging him for reelection. Carterâs Oval Office tenure was further imperiled by the Iranian hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, near-catastrophe at a Pennsylvania nuclear plant, aviation accidents, serial killers on the loose, and endless gas lines.
Backed by a reenergized conservative Republican base, Reagan ran on the campaign slogan âMake America Great Againââand prevailed. Reaganland is the story of how that happened, tracing conservativesâ cutthroat strategies to gain power and explaining why they endure four decades later.
Rick Perlstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan; Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, a New York Times bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by over a dozen publications; and Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, which won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history and appeared on the best books of the year lists of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. His essays and book reviews have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Village Voice, and Slate, among others. A contributing editor and board member of In These Times magazine, he lives in Chicago.
Gabra Zackman knows romance. Her clever and âthrilling romantic caperâ (Library Journal) Bod Squad series was inspired by the more than one hundred romance and womenâs fiction titles she has narrated for audio. She divides her time between her native New York City and Denver, Colorado.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Rick Perlstein
Narrators:
Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Jacques Roy & Gabra Zackman
ISBN:
9781797103969
Length:
45 hours 18 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
August 18, 2020
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#11,030 Overall
Genre rank:
#455 in Politics & Economy