LEADER 03613nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910457819503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-42808-3 010 $a9786613428080 010 $a0-19-992113-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074320 035 $a(EBL)829357 035 $a(OCoLC)769344034 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552026 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12227390 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552026 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10538280 035 $a(PQKB)11734948 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC829357 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL829357 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10517427 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342808 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074320 100 $a20110415d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRule and ruin$b[electronic resource] $ethe downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party /$fGeoffrey Kabaservice 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (505 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in postwar American political development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-997551-5 311 $a0-19-976840-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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, 1967 327 $a8. 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; Z 330 $aAs the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the mode 410 0$aOxford studies in postwar American political development. 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a324.2734 700 $aKabaservice$b Geoffrey M$0480804 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457819503321 996 $aRule and ruin$9255211 997 $aUNINA