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Fighting Liberalism’s Excesses: Moral Crusades During the Reagan Revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2013

Jon A. Shields
Jon A. Shields*
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Claremont McKenna College
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 26 , Special Issue 1: Perspectives on Conservatism , January 2014 , pp. 103 - 120
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