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How Reagan Made Teddy

Ted Kennedy’s unabashed liberalism helped enable the rise of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s—then Reagan returned the favor by playing the perfect foil.

Matthew Dallek
Matthew Dallek
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Matthew Dallek

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