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245 10 a| Jesse Helms :b| modern conservatism and the politics of opposition /c| William A. Link.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Jesse Helms and the American right -- Finding a message -- The emergence of a conservative -- TV journalist -- Backlash -- Movement conservative -- The Reagan revolution -- The revolution continues -- Culture wars -- The AIDS crisis -- The election of 1990 -- Into the gray twilight -- Jesse Helms's ghost.;

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Jesse Helms : modern conservatism and the politics of opposition / William A. Link.

Author/creator	Link, William A. author
Format	Book
Publication	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2026]
Description	336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Helms, Jesse--Political activity. United States. Congress. Senate--Biography. Etats-Unis. Congress. Senate--Biographies. Legislators--United States. --Biography. Politicians--North Carolina. --Biography. Conservatism--United States. --History. --20th century. Opposition (Political science)--United States. Parlementaires-- Etats-Unis. --Biographies. Politiciens--Caroline du Nord. --Biographies. Conservatisme-- Etats-Unis. --Histoire. --20e si ecle. Opposition (Science politique)-- Etats-Unis. United States--Politics and government. --20th century. Etats-Unis--Politique et gouvernement. --20e si ecle.

Contents	Jesse Helms and the American right -- Finding a message -- The emergence of a conservative -- TV journalist -- Backlash -- Movement conservative -- The Reagan revolution -- The revolution continues -- Culture wars -- The AIDS crisis -- The election of 1990 -- Into the gray twilight -- Jesse Helms's ghost.
Abstract	"Jesse Helms (1921-2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth century. Though Helms's thirty years in the US Senate are most remembered for what he opposed rather than what he achieved, he was a central figure in modern conservativism. In this concise interpretive biography, William A. Link centers Helms in the political realignment of the late twentieth-century South and the national ascendance of modern conservatism. He helped to lead a coalition known for advocating staunch anti-communism, opposing civil rights legislation, and denouncing liberalism. Helms innovated strategies for consolidating political power by using broadcast media to generate grassroots outrage. In addition, Helms's National Congressional Club successfully raised a powerful war chest that could be used in television attack ads. Helms's career-long penchant for race-baiting and homophobic rhetoric created many opponents, but even they acknowledged his uncanny ability to piece together slender electoral majorities in a rapidly changing nation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781469694528
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biography.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2026003513
ISBN	9781469694481
ISBN	1469694484
ISBN	9781469694498 paperback alk. paper
ISBN	1469694492
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ISBN	pdf
ISBN	PDF ebook
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