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- The Republican Party of Texas : a political history / by Thorburn, Wayne J.,(Wayne Jacob),1944-Author(DLC)n 2010037268;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-460) and index.Preface -- Nineteenth-century republicanism -- The early-twentieth-century Republicans -- Creager and Wurzbach: the patronage wars -- From Roosevelt to Truman -- The Eisenhower years -- The 1960s breakthrough -- After Goldwater -- The highs and lows of the 1970s -- Breaking the glass ceiling -- The Reagan-Bush years -- George W. Bush and the Republican majority -- The year that changed Texas politics -- Bush 43 and Governor Perry -- The Bush Era transitions -- Donald Trump and the Republican future."The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like Texas). Thorburn begins with this history, from the founding of the party in 1867 through patronage battles and the debates of the 1920s between Reconstruction-minded Republicans and segregationists. About two-thirds of the book is devoted to the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of a more competitive party in the 1950s-60s through the swing years and the eventual dominance of the 21st century"--.- Subjects: Republican Party (Tex.);
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- Broken but unbowed : the fight to fix a broken America / by Abbott, Greg,author.(CARDINAL)346920;
Includes bibliographical references."The Republican governor of Texas describes the devastating accident that caused his paralysis, his achievements as Texas' longest-serving attorney general and his bold plan to restore America to international prominence through Constitutional improvements and leadership,"--NoveList.- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Abbott, Greg.; Abbott, Greg; Republican Party (Tex.); Governors;
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- Nut country : right-wing Dallas and the birth of the Southern strategy / by Miller, Edward H.(Edward Herbert),author.(CARDINAL)789293;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Big D -- Party women and organization men -- Heralds of apocalypse -- Whistling Dixie -- A man on horseback -- Architects and artisans of the Southern strategy -- Epilogue: revival.- Subjects: Republican Party (Tex.); Right-wing extremists; Conservatism;
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- The fall of the house of Bush : the untold story of how a band of true believers seized the executive branch, started the Iraq War, and still imperils America's future / by Unger, Craig.(CARDINAL)766917;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index.Oedipus Tex -- Redeemer nation -- Birth of the neocons -- The foreshadowing -- Into the fray -- The prodigal son -- The age of unreason -- First son -- The righteous assassin -- Ripe for the plucking -- Dog whistle politics -- Grandmaster Cheney -- Cheney's gambit -- In the shadows -- Fear : the marketing campaign -- The good soldier -- Season of mirth -- An angel directs the storm.From the author of the bestselling "House of Bush, House of Saud" comes a chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how this alliance has led America into a catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East.- Subjects: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Conservatism; Iraq War, 2003-2011.;
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