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The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

Author: Rick Perlstein.

The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

Author: Rick Perlstein.

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Item #: D11283
Format: Paperback
Pages: 880
Publication Date: 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781476782423
Following the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office, his successor Gerald Ford declared that, "Our long national nightmare is over"; the subsequent fall of South Vietnam, a CIA scandal, and the advent of an economic recession soon proved Ford wrong. In this sequel of sorts to his Nixonland, Rick Perlstein examines how Ronald Reagan became a... More
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Following the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office, his successor Gerald Ford declared that, "Our long national nightmare is over"; the subsequent fall of South Vietnam, a CIA scandal, and the advent of an economic recession soon proved Ford wrong. In this sequel of sorts to his Nixonland, Rick Perlstein examines how Ronald Reagan became a formidable threat to Ford's 1976 re-election bid, and charts how the smiling Californian built upon this experience to mount a successful campaign for the presidency in 1980, laying the groundwork for a new form of conservatism.


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