Verfasst von:	Smith, David Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Cowboy presidents
Titelzusatz:	the frontier myth and U.S. politics since 1900
Verf.angabe:	David A. Smith
Verlagsort:	Norman OK
Verlag:	University of Oklahoma Press
E-Jahr:	2021
Jahr:	[2021]
Umfang:	x, 277 Seiten
Illustrationen:	illustrations
Format:	24 cm
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-8061-6848-7
Abstract:	Introduction: The frontier myth -- Theodore Roosevelt : the first cowboy president's progressive frontiers -- Lyndon Baines Johnson's "showdowns for progress" -- Myth in a quagmire : Vietnam and LBJ's second presidency -- The hinge : Ronald Reagan and the conservative resurgence of the frontier myth -- Reagan's policy frontiers at home and abroad -- George W. Bush : the War on Terror and the frontier myth.
	"Explores the deployment of the Frontier Myth by four US Presidents - Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush-and how a series of tragic events caused the myth's shift from liberalism to conservatism during the 1960s and 70s"--
Schlagwörter:	(p)Roosevelt, Theodore    / (p)Johnson, Lyndon B.    / (p)Reagan, Ronald    / (p)Bush, George W.    / (k)USA / Präsident    / (s)Politischer Stil    / (s)Cowboy    / (s)Mythos    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
K10plus-PPN:	1736754254