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Reagan's Victory
The Presidential Election of 1980 And the Rise of the Right
by Andrew Busch
ISBN: 0700614079
ISBN-13: 9780700614073
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Published date: 2005
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Pages: 237
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