Republican Character From Nixon to Reagan【電子書籍】[ Donald T. Critchlow ]

＜p＞"Politics makes for strange bedfellows," the old saying goes. Americans, however, often forget the obvious lesson underlying this adage: politics is about winning elections and governing once in office. Voters of all stripes seem put off by the rough-and-tumble horse-trading and deal-making of politics, viewing its practitioners as self-serving and without principle or conviction.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Because of these perspectives, the scholarly and popular narrative of American politics has come to focus on ideology over all else. But as Donald T. Critchlow demonstrates in his riveting new book, this obsession obscures the important role of temperament, character, and leadership ability in political success. Critchlow looks at four leading Republican presidential contendersーRichard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reaganーto show that, behind the scenes, ideology mattered less than principled pragmatism and the ability to build coalitions toward electoral and legislative vic．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る