Andrew E. Busch is associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. Among his other books are Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom and Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences, 1894-1998.
"Busch tells an important story here about what he calls 'the
Earthquake of 1980.' Well-organized, well-paced, and well-argued,
this is a first-rate political history."--Gil Troy, author of
Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s"A new
series needs a worthy inauguration. The University Press of Kansas
has provided the former in its series on crucial elections. Andrew
Busch has provided the latter with Reagan's Victory: The
Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right. Busch
gathers all the elements of that sour, unpredictable, bubbling,
confused, but ultimately iconic affair: the issue context, the cast
of contenders, the campaign dynamic, and a view of the aftermath.
And he ties them together with a focus on crisis and renewal,
giving the 1980 election its claims on political consequence--and
on our attention."--Byron E. Shafer, author of The Two Majorities
and the Puzzle of Modern American Politics"A meticulous, almost
surgical, analysis of the 1980 election."--Burton I. Kaufman,
author of The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr..
"Conservative domination of American life may or may not be ending,
but among some circles, nostalgia for Ronald Reagan will likely
linger. Busch's compact, celebratory account reminds readers how
the Right came to power in the first place."--The Historian"A very
good, comprehensive, useful book on the 1980 election."--Reviews in
American History"The 1980 election remade not only American
politics and American government, but America itself. That is
Andrew Busch's striking argument. And his graceful narrative does a
fine job of telling us just how it happened."--Claremont Review of
Books"An illuminating investigation of this key contest, which
brought Reagan and the Republican Party's conservative wing to
power. Busch offers an admiring but fair appraisal of Reagan's
victory over a hapless Jimmy Carter. . . . [He] succeeds admirably
in providing an election analysis that is concise and
informative."--ForeWord Magazine"An exciting new review of
America's march into the new age of Ronald Reagan."--Washington
Times
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