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Author:

Bunch, William.

Title:

Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future / Will Bunch.

Edition:

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

276 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Reagan, Ronald--Influence.
Reagan, Ronald--Political and social views.
Reagan, Ronald--Public opinion.
Symbolism in politics--United States--Case studies.
Conservatism--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
Political culture--United States.
Public opinion--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-258) and index.

Contents:

Ronald Reagan Boulevard -- A man before myth -- An untaxing burden -- Warrior defused -- Prospero unmasked -- Rolling back Reagan -- Enter the mythmakers -- The great misinterpreter -- Reagan's '08 campaign -- Exorcising Gipper's ghost.

Summary:

Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper's conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America's political and economic situation.

ISBN:

141659762X
9781416597629

OCLC:

(OCoLC)277237857

LCCN:

2009275811

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