Reaganland – Audiobook Online By: Rick Perlstein
A Notable New York Times Book of 2020.
The author of the best-selling books Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge has come to an impressive conclusion about how conservatism has taken control of American political power.
Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three works that represent the emerging dominance of conservatism in modern American politics. With the final part of the story, he delivered another great historical and literary achievement.
In late 1976, Ronald Reagan was fired as a man with no political future: defeated in a nomination bid against an incumbent president of his own party, blamed for failure of President Gerald Ford, too old to run again. His return is fueled by an extraordinary confluence: fundamentalist preachers and former racists reinvent themselves as crusaders against gay rights and feminism; corporate executives unite against regulation in an era of economic downturn; a secret team of “New Right” organizers deploying the most cutting-edge technology, bending political norms to the breaking point – and Reagan’s own unyielding optimism, his ability to convey his faith. his unshakable faith in America as the “shining city on the hill” of the world”. Meanwhile, a civil war broke out in the Democratic party.
When President Jimmy Carter called on Americans to implement a new austerity ethic, Senator Ted Kennedy reacted in horror, challenging him for re-election. Carter’s tenure in the Oval Office was made more dangerous by the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the near-miss disaster at a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the air crash, the killers. free series of people and endless gas pipelines.
Supported by the Republican Party’s resurgent conservatives, Reagan ran with the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” – and prevailed. Reaganland is the story of how that happened, tracing the dire strategies of conservatives for power and explaining why they suffered four decades later.
When President Jimmy Carter called on Americans to adopt a new austerity ethic, Senator Ted Kennedy reacted with horror, challenging him for re-election. Carter’s tenure in the Oval Office was made more dangerous by the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the near-miss disaster at a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the air crash, the killer. series of free people and endless gas pipelines.
Supported by rising conservatives in the Republican Party, Reagan ran with the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” – and prevailed. Reaganland is the story of how that happened, outlining the conservatives’ dire strategies for gaining power and explaining why they suffered four decades later.
A wonderful flashback to how a demagogue and his accomplices were able to disrupt the social, cultural and political order created by the Greatest Generation after World War II. The author shows how the arrogance and recklessness of Carter and his assistants almost single-handedly handed the presidency to an incompetent liar with exquisite theatrical skills, thereby launching America’s Modern Taliban Movement and America’s Decline.
