Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980

by Laura Kalman

Book Overview

On the face of it, the Ford-Carter years seem completely forgettable. They were years of weak presidential leadership and national drift. Yet, as Laura Kalman shows in this absorbing narrative history, the contours of our contemporary politics took shape during these years. This was the incubation period for a powerful movement on the right that was to triumph with Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. These years also marked the coming of age of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393076385
• ISBN13: 9780393076387
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.6"