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Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
August 2008
On Sale: August 15, 2008
650 pages
ISBN: 1933859555
EAN: 9781933859552
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
In his previous, widely praised book, Reagan’s Revolution,
Craig Shirley told the story of Ronald Reagan’s insurgent
campaign to wrest the GOP nomination from Gerald Ford in
1976. Now, in Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and
the Campaign That Changed America, Shirley tells the tale
of Reagan’s triumph. By tracing the path from Reagan’s defeat on the convention
floor in 1976 to his ultimate victory on election night in
1980, Shirley shows in gripping detail how Reagan’s
unshakeable hopefulness and conservative convictions led to
a most unlikely presidency. Shirley explores the Gipper’s
underreported wilderness years (1976–79) and follows him as
Reagan hones his message, assembles his team, and launches
his bid for the White House amid the inflation crisis, the
Panama Canal fight, and Jimmy Carter’s era of malaise. To write Rendezvous with Destiny Shirley gained
unprecedented access to 1980 campaign files and conducted
more than two hundred insider interviews. The result is the
first comprehensive history of the hard-fought 1980
primaries and crucial general election campaign. Reagan’s
quest for the presidency was an often lonely one, Shirley
reveals. This is the story of how Reagan successfully
battled the headwinds of the national media, the Republican
Party establishment, and even his own campaign team to
become one of America’s greatest chief executives.
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