Ronald Reagan : fate, freedom, and the making of history

Ronald Reagan : fate, freedom, and the making of history /

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"Following his departure from office, Ronald Reagan was marginalized thanks to liberal biases that dominate the teaching of American history, says John Patrick Diggins. Yet Reagan, like Lincoln (who was also attacked for decades after his death), deserves to be regarded as one of our three or f...

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Main Author: Diggins, John P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Reagan, Ronald > Political and social views.
Reagan, Ronald > 1911-2004
Reagan, Ronald W.
1900-1999
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Conservatism > United States > History > 20th century.
Conservatism.
Political and social views.
Politics and government
Presidents.
Politieke geschiedenis.
Pressure.
United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Biographie.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The political romantic
  • From Huck Finn to film star
  • To repent or not to repent : the Communist controversy in Hollywood
  • Governor Reagan : the Golden State
  • A Reagan revolution, or the end of ideology?
  • Neoconservative intellectuals and the Cold War
  • Into the heart of darkness : the Reagan doctrine and the Third World
  • History as tragedy, history as farce
  • Politics, economy, society
  • From deterrence to dialogue : how the Cold War ended
  • The homeric conclusion
  • A coda : Slavery and Communism : Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.

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