Cowboy presidents the frontier myth and U.S. politics since 1900
Introduction: The frontier myth -- Theodore Roosevelt : the first cowboy president's progressive frontiers -- Lyndon Baines Johnson's "showdowns for progress" -- Myth in a quagmire : Vietnam and LBJ's second presidency -- The hinge : Ronald Reagan and the conservative resurg...
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University of Oklahoma Press
2021
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: The frontier myth -- Theodore Roosevelt : the first cowboy president's progressive frontiers -- Lyndon Baines Johnson's "showdowns for progress" -- Myth in a quagmire : Vietnam and LBJ's second presidency -- The hinge : Ronald Reagan and the conservative resurgence of the frontier myth -- Reagan's policy frontiers at home and abroad -- George W. Bush : the War on Terror and the frontier myth "Explores the deployment of the Frontier Myth by four US Presidents - Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush-and how a series of tragic events caused the myth's shift from liberalism to conservatism during the 1960s and 70s"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | x, 277 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780806168487 978-0-8061-6848-7 |