03613nam 2200601 a 450 991045781950332120200520144314.01-283-42808-397866134280800-19-992113-X(CKB)2550000000074320(EBL)829357(OCoLC)769344034(SSID)ssj0000552026(PQKBManifestationID)12227390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552026(PQKBWorkID)10538280(PQKB)11734948(MiAaPQ)EBC829357(Au-PeEL)EBL829357(CaPaEBR)ebr10517427(CaONFJC)MIL342808(EXLCZ)99255000000007432020110415d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRule and ruin[electronic resource] the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party /Geoffrey KabaserviceOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20121 online resource (505 p.)Studies in postwar American political developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-997551-5 0-19-976840-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE WIDENING GYRE: The Republican Party at the 1960 Convention; 2. THINGS FALL APART: Advance Magazine and the Decay of the Moderate Establishment, 1961-63; 3. THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: The Republican Primaries of 1964; 4. THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE IS LOOSED: The GOP and the Goldwater Campaign, 1964; 5. THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE IS DROWNED: Moderates Attempt to Regain Control of the GOP, 1965; 6. FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY: From Rat Finks to Reagan, 1966; 7. THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION: Moderation's Zenith and George Romney's Rise and Fall, 19678. MERE ANARCHY: Moderate Half-Victories and the Agonies of 19689. SOME REVELATION IS AT HAND: Richard Nixon's First Year in Office, 1969; 10. THE ROUGH BEAST: Nixon and the Breakup of the Moderate Republican Movement, 1970; 11. DARKNESS DROPS: Moderate Republican Decline from Nixon to Ford to Reagan, 1971-80; 12. SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM: The Collapse of the Moderate Republicans, 1980-2010; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZAs the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the modeOxford studies in postwar American political development.United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-Electronic books.324.2734Kabaservice Geoffrey M480804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457819503321Rule and ruin255211UNINA