Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. 1. Ronald Reagan, the Movie 1
6. 2. Political Repression in the United States 44
7. 3. The King's Two Bodies: Lincoln, Wilson, Nixon, and Presidential Self-Sacrifice 81
8. 4. Nonpartisanship and the Group Interest 115
9. 5. Liberal Society and the Indian Question 134
10. 6. Nature as Politics and Nature as Romance in America 169
11. 7. "The Sword Became a Flashing Vision": D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation 190
12. 8. Kiss Me Deadly: Communism, Motherhood, and Cold War Movies 236
13. 9. American Political Demonology: A Retrospective 272
14. Notes 301
15. Index 357