Republican leader : a political biography of Senator Mitch McConnell /

Republican leader : a political biography of Senator Mitch McConnell /

Based on dozens of interviews with McConnell's colleagues, friends, and rivals--and with the senator himself--'Republican leader' recounts McConnell's story from his childhood in the Democratic Deep South, through his political coming of age in the civil rights and Goldwater eras...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dyche, John David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, [2009]
Subjects:
McConnell, Mitch.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Politicians > Kentucky > Biography.
Conservatives > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government.
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Summary:Based on dozens of interviews with McConnell's colleagues, friends, and rivals--and with the senator himself--'Republican leader' recounts McConnell's story from his childhood in the Democratic Deep South, through his political coming of age in the civil rights and Goldwater eras, through his ascendance during the Reagan and Gingrich revolutions, and up through the Bush administration to the present.
Physical Description:viii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.
ISBN:9781935191599 (cloth : alk. paper)
1935191594 (cloth : alk. paper)