"During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally characterized the electoral record of the Republican party. Although Republicans sometimes secured victory in presidential contests, a majority of Americ…
"Robert Mason investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status from the Great Depression until the Reagan years"-- "During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally char…
"How, Peters asks, did conservative values that Republicans claimed to cherish, like small government, fiscal responsibility, and morality in public service, get completely eroded as an unshakable faith in Donald Trump grew to define the party? The answer is a tale traced across…
Bipartisan alliance during World War II -- The hunter and the strategist -- The fight over isolationism -- Crossing the divide -- Uniting America -- A bipartisan call to arms -- The separate peace -- "Let the Negro masses march!" -- Pearl Harbor -- World War, internal war -- Wom…
"This book explains the impact of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and shows how factionalism works in the American party system. Political movements that in other countries might create a new party, in the United States work in the structure of a deeply embedded two party …
Presidential journeys throughout the South were public rituals that provided a platform for the issues of race, religion, and Republicanism for both white and black southerners. Frantz skillfully notes the common themes and questions scrutinized during this time and finely craft…
With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the coronavirus pandemic, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the political brinksmanship o…
Conservatives and liberals alike are currently debating the probable future of the Republican Party. What direction will conservatives and republicans take on foreign policy in the age of Obama? This book tackles this question.
"In this book John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions. Works on Trump's use of race have tended to be fragmentary or …
