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Tables of Contents for The Republican Ascendancy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Preface
xiii
Republicans in a Democratic Age, 1932-1968
1
26
Republican Party Dominance before the New Deal, 1860-1932
3
3
Republicans against Roosevelt, 1933-194S
6
5
The Cold War, the Red Scare, and Republican Resurgence, 1946-1952
11
2
President Eisenhower's Republican Interlude, 1953-1960
13
3
Revitalizing Conservative Thought in the Postwar Era, 1945-1964
16
4
Liberalism, Backlash, and Republican Revival, 1961-1968
20
7
Richard Nixon and the Paradox of the ``New Republican Majority,'' 1969-1974
27
27
Continuity of Liberal Domestic Policy
31
4
The Southern Strategy: Building a Conservative Bloc
35
6
Nixon's War: Vietnam and Foreign Affairs
41
4
The Road to Watergate and Ruin
45
9
Stagnation, Malaise, and Conservative Revival, 1974-1980
54
29
Watergate's Legacy, Political Reform, and Carter's 1976 Election
56
3
Economic Stagnation: The End of the Postwar Boom
59
3
The Growing Conservative Movement
62
6
The Decay of the Democratic Party and the Backlash against Liberalism
68
9
Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and the 1980 Election
77
6
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Republican Ascendancy, 1981-1992
83
36
The ``Reagan Revolution''
84
4
Reagan's New Cold War, 1981-1986
88
2
The Reagan-Bush Economic and Social Record
90
10
Reagan's 1984 Reelection and Second Term
100
5
George N. W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, and the 1988 Election
105
7
The End of the Cold War and Bush's ``New World Order''
112
2
George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and the 1992 Election
114
5
New Democrats and Republican Revolutionaries, 1993-2000
119
36
Republicans versus Clinton, 1993-1994
120
7
Newt Gingrich, the 1994 Elections, and the ``Republican Revolution'' of 1995
127
5
The End of the ``Republican Revolution'' and Clinton's 1996 Reelection
132
6
The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
138
7
U.S. Foreign Relations during the Clinton Era, 1993-2000
145
4
George W Bush, Al Gore, and the 2000 Election
149
6
Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Republicans' Conservative Strategies, 1968-2001
155
15
Republicans and the ``Party System'' of 1968-2001
156
1
The Decline of the Republicans' Conservative Strategies in the 1990s
157
8
A Permanent Republican (or Democratic) Majority in the Twenty-First Century?
165
5
Bibliographical Essay
170
19
Index
189
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