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The Fork in the Road

How America Chose Reagan over McGovern

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The Fork in the Road

By: Thomas Winterbottom
Narrated by: Eric M. Jordan
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This book explores the notion that America had a chance to further the development of its welfare state in the 1972 American presidential election with George McGovern, but would eventually settle for a complete denial of this ambition with the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan.

©2020 Thomas Winterbottom (P)2020 Thomas Winterbottom
Economic History Economics Socialism Capitalism
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