Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America

by Jerald Podair, Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte

Typically a maligned figure in American political history, former vice president Spiro T. Agnew is often overlooked. Although he is largely remembered for his alliterative speeches, attacks on the media and East Coast intellectuals, and his resignation from office in 1973 in the wake of tax evasion charges, Agnew had a significant impact on the modern Republican Party that is underappreciated. It is impossible, in fact, to understand the current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813943264
• ISBN13: 9780813943268
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"