Virginia in the Vanguard: Political Leadership in the 400-Year-Old Cradle of American Democracy, 1981-2006

by Frank B. Atkinson

Book Overview

Virginia in the Vanguard continues the story begun in The Dynamic Dominion, detailing the resurgence of Virginia's Democratic Party in the 1980s and the Republicans' efforts to turn back the gains made by Chuck Robb and Douglas Wilder. It closes with Democrat Tim Kaine taking the governor's seat and former Republican and Democratic governors George Allen and Mark Warner poised to enter the 2008 presidential primaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742552101
• ISBN13: 9780742552104
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"