The Reagan Years A to Z
Title | The Reagan Years A to Z PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Franklin Kurz |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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A-to-Z format makes it easy to refer to particular people or events, but the writing style makes it an interesting read from beginning to end.
The Reagan Years
Title | The Reagan Years PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen F. Knott |
Publisher | Checkmark Books |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780816074655 |
An A-to-Z reference guide to the people, places, policies, and events significant during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
The Reagan Presidency and the Governing of America
Title | The Reagan Presidency and the Governing of America PDF eBook |
Author | Changing Domestic Priorities Project (Urban Institute) |
Publisher | The Urban Insitute |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780877663478 |
Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989
Title | Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989 PDF eBook |
Author | Meg Jacobs |
Publisher | Macmillan Higher Education |
Pages | 405 |
Release | 2018-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1319242111 |
Ronald Reagans election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. But, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, conservatives discovered that implementing their agenda and reversing the liberalism entrenched in American government would not be as easy as they had hoped. In this collection, Jacobs and Zelizer explore the successes and limitations of the so-called Reagan Revolution and chronicle its legacy through subsequent presidencies up to Barack Obamas election in 2008. More than 60 thematically organized documents -- some recently released -- illuminate conservatives efforts to shift American politics to the right. These materials -- including speeches, memos, and articles from the popular press -- explore Reagans personal evolution as a conservative leader, as well as Reaganomics, tax cuts, anticommunism, the arms race, the culture wars, and scandals such as Iran Contra. Photographs, document headnotes, a chronology, selected bibliography, and questions for consideration provide pedagogical support.
Perspectives on the Reagan Years
Title | Perspectives on the Reagan Years PDF eBook |
Author | John Logan Palmer |
Publisher | The Urban Insitute |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780877664031 |
Debating the Reagan Presidency
Title | Debating the Reagan Presidency PDF eBook |
Author | John Ehrman |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2002-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0742570576 |
The presidency of Ronald Reagan has become a Rorschach Test for politicians and citizens alike. While many conservatives see the Reagan era of the 1980s as the high-water mark for their movement and a time of national recovery from the difficulties of the 1970s, many liberals maintain that the rosy Reagan legacy is based largely on myth, and that in fact his eight years as president caused serious harm to the country. John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm give due attention to the lasting controversies surrounding the Reagan record and provide a balanced view of the fortieth president's foreign and domestic policies. Students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions by reading key primary documents.
The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era
Title | The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era PDF eBook |
Author | Richard S. Conley |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2009-09-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810870363 |
The 1980s and early 1990s were remarkable for the triumph of conservatism in the United States and its closest allies. The victories of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the United States were complemented by the electoral successes of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Brian Mulroney in Canada. The relationship between Reagan and Bush and their conservative counterparts was particularly important in providing a united front on foreign policy, whether the target was the Soviet Union, Communist insurgencies in Africa or Latin America, or Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The Reagan-Bush era witnessed some of the most dramatic events of the latter half of the 20th century: the collapse of the Soviet Union, a presidential assassination attempt, political scandal, a stock market crash, military invasions, and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era relates these events and provides extensive political, economic, and social background on this era through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, events, institutions, policies, and issues.