Newt Gingrich : the rise and fall of a party entrepreneur / Matthew N. Green and Jeffrey Crouch.

"From the moment he entered politics, Newt Gingrich was laser-focused on one goal: to regain control of the House of Representatives and, as a result, to facilitate a conservative shift in American society. To achieve this goal he overturned long-held Congressional norms. In a June 1978 speech, he s...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Congressional leaders.
Main Authors: Green, Matthew N., 1970- (Author)
Crouch, Jeffrey (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2022]
Series:Congressional leaders.
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Physical Description:xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Rise and fall of a party entrepreneur
Format: Book

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