The Lessons of Victory

[14], 411, [7] p. 21 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. From Wikipedia: "The Ripon Society is an American centrist Republican public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. It produces. Founded in 1962 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Society s name comes from the 1854 birthplace of the Republican Party Ripon, Wisconsin. Its main goals are to promote the following American ideas and principles: national security, low taxes, and a federal government that is smaller, smarter and more accountable to the people. The Ripon Society was the first major Republican organization to support the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s. In 1967, it advanced the concept of the Negative Income Tax as a means of reducing poverty in the U.S. with the simple expedient of the government s providing cash payments to families in need. The society s paper stated the program would help families rise up the income ladder, moving them to working taxpayers. It called for the normalization of relations with China, and the abolition of the military draft." Very good in good dust jacket. Pencip erasure residue on fep. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.…