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Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xiii 1. Ronald Reagan, the Movie 1 2. Political Repression in the United States 44 3. The King's Two Bodies: Lincoln, Wilson, Nixon, and Presidential Self-Sacrifice 81 4. Nonpartisanship and the Group Interest 115 5. Liberal Society and the Indian Question 134 6. Nature as Politics and Nature as Romance in America 169 7. "The Sword Became a Flashing Vision": D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation \90 8. Kiss Me Deadly: Communism, Motherhood, and Cold War Movies 236 9. American Political Demonology: A Retrospective 272 Notes 301 Index 357 vii This page intentionally left blank ...

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