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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.927
EAN: 9780700612680
ISBN: 0700612688
Label: University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: 2003-09
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Sales Rank: 1141335
Studio: University Press of Kansas
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Some call him the Great Communicator. Many credit him with ending the Cold War. Others even consider him the greatest president since FDR. Ronald Reagan claimed several distinctions as fortieth president, but he will be most remembered by admirers and critics alike for his lasting conservative legacy.
This first comprehensive, archivally grounded assessment of the Reagan presidency offers balanced "second generation" evaluations of the ideas and policies that made up the so-called Reagan Revolution. Drawing on recently opened records, seventeen scholars from history, political science, and economics focus on important areas of national policy during the Reagan administration. James T. Patterson, Hugh Heclo, David M. O'Brien, and others look closely at Reagan's ideas and rhetoric, foreign policies, economic agenda, and social policies, as they build a strong foundation for future interpretations of the Reagan years.
In tackling the Reagan legacy, these contributors don't necessarily agree on what precisely that legacy is. While there is consensus regarding Reagan's ideas, personality, and leadership, there is both doubt and debate about actual achievements. In chapters covering such topics as national security, taxation, environmental policy, immigration reform, and federal judgeships, the authors tend to see his accomplishments as less dramatic than "first generation" proponents have maintained--that there actually was no "Reagan Revolution." Nevertheless, they also agree that his administration accomplished much of its mission in foreign policy and domestic economic policy--success attributed to his conservative idealism and pragmatic politics--and had a lasting effect on the transformation of American conservatism.
While less successful in advancing the social agenda of the "New Right," Reagan nevertheless shaped politics and policy in ways that extended beyond the years of his administration. Whether or not Reagan changed America and the world as much as Roosevelt did remains in dispute, but this volume, with its keen insights and broad scope, advances our understanding of his presidency and allows us to better assess its accomplishments and legacy.
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I read this book for a graduate class in American history. This book is a great compendium of articles which expertly explained the history and growth of the conservative movement in America, and the skill with which Reagan's conservative philosophy transformed the movement. In addition, it correctly observed how America's socio-economic and political institutions had shifted to the right since the Reagan Revolution of 1980. It astutely noted how Bill Clinton, the only Democrat elected to the ... Read More
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