Starting Over
A Political Biography of George Allen- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2010
Summary
Starting Over traces the remarkable political career of former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen. Once considered a likely presidential candidate, Allen became a YouTube sensation after a slip of the tongue. But the Allen story is not over and his career has featured multiple returns from seeming oblivion. The author provides a balanced look at Allen's successes and failures. George Allen's career also parallels the ups and downs of modern American conservatism. Allen reinvented conservative political action in the post-Reagan, post-Cold War era. The issues on which he had his greatest successes became the issues that fueled the Republican comeback in the 1990s. In these pages, the reader will learn as much about recent American politics as about Allen himself.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7618-5321-3
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7618-5322-0
- Publisher
- Hamilton Books, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 252
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Prologue: Listening Tours No access Pages 1 - 4
- Chapter 1. The Virginia Legacy No access
- Chapter 2. Trial Runs No access
- Chapter 3. Thomas Jefferson's Seat No access
- Chapter 4. Interlude in Washington No access
- Chapter 5. Reviving Fortunes: Winning the Nomination No access
- Chapter 6. Gaining the Governorship No access
- Chapter 7. Governor of the Commonwealth: the First Year No access
- Chapter 8. Soft Teeth and Hard Lessons No access
- Chapter 9. Finishing Strong No access
- Chapter 10. The Next Rung No access
- Chapter 11. "The Greatest Board of Directors in the World" No access
- Chapter 12. The Nightmare Campaign No access
- Epilogue: The Future is Now No access Pages 245 - 250
- Bibliography No access Pages 251 - 252





