Too often overlooked by students of modern conservatism, Spiro T.
Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right traces Agnew\'s life and career and shows how Agnew was a key figure in American politics--and documents how a powerful politician who looked to be headed to the presidency ended up having to.
Agnew\'s political career mirrored the transformation of the Republicans from a "big tent" party to a narrower, more conservative, and ideologically purer one in the 1960s and 1970s.
Too often overlooked by students of modern conservatism, Spiro T