TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,David A.
TI  - Cowboy presidents: the frontier myth and U.S. politics since 1900 
SN  - 9780806168487
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Norman
PB  - University of Oklahoma Press
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Frontier thesis
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Myth
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The frontier myth -- Theodore Roosevelt : the first cowboy president's progressive frontiers -- Lyndon Baines Johnson's "showdowns for progress" -- Myth in a quagmire : Vietnam and LBJ's second presidency -- The hinge : Ronald Reagan and the conservative resurgence of the frontier myth -- Reagan's policy frontiers at home and abroad -- George W. Bush : the War on Terror and the frontier myth
N2  - "Explores the deployment of the Frontier Myth by four US Presidents - Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush-and how a series of tragic events caused the myth's shift from liberalism to conservatism during the 1960s and 70s"--
ER  -