Rendezvous with Destiny
aA first-rate work of insider hisAstory . . . A monumental accomplishment.a aNational Review The election that changed everything: Craig Shirleyas masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged atoo close to calla as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslideaand altered the course of history. To write Rendezvous with Destiny, Shirley gained unprecedented access to 1980 campaign files and interviewed more than 150 insidersafrom Reaganas closest advisers and family members to Jimmy Carter himself. His gripping account follows Reaganas unlikely path from his bitter defeat on the floor of the 1976 Republican convention, through his underreported awilderness years, a through grueling primary fights in which he knocked out several Republican heavyweights, through an often-nasty general election campaign complicated by the presence of a third-party candidate (not to mention the looming shadow of Ted Kennedy), to Reaganas astounding victory on Election Night in 1980. Shirleyas years of intensive research have enabled him to relate countless untold storiesaincluding, at long last, the solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in politics: just how Reaganas campaign got hold of Carteras debate briefing books.aWhat emerges, a Cannon wrote, ais the seeming paradox of a candidate who can outdebate rivals in candidate forums and outmaneuver contentious reporters in press conferences, yet still kindle questions about his intellectual capacities.
| Title | : | Rendezvous with Destiny |
| Author | : | Craig Shirley |
| Publisher | : | Open Road Media - 2014-04-08 |
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