- Paperback - Number of Pages: 416 pages
- Dimensions: 154.94 x 233.68 x 25.4mm - 181.44g
- Publication date: 16 Oct 2014
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: New York, United States
- Language: English
With acute insight, Lewis Gould traces the evolution of the GOP from the party of nationalism and activism in its early years to the party of limited government and states' rights in the post-World War II era. He brilliantly demonstrates that the central constant running throughout that long history is the Republicans' tendency to view themselves as the legitimate defenders of American values while demonizing their Democratic opponents as threats to the republic itself. This superb book goes a long way toward explaining the current deranged condition of American politics. Charles W. Calhoun, author of From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail Lewis Gould's magisterial work takes the reader on an epic journey from the Republican Party's creation in the white-hot crucible of national politics in the 1850s to the bitter partisan and ideological rivalries of the present day. This is not only the best and most comprehensive study of the Grand Old Party, it is also a thoughtful, insightful, and often surprising meditat...