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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ronald Reagan; Ronald Reagan; Ronald Reagan; Ronald W Reagan |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John P Diggins |
| ISBN: | 9780393060225 0393060225 9780393330922 0393330923 |
| OCLC Number: | 74648938 |
| Description: | xxii, 493 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | John Patrick Diggins. |
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Abstract:
A biography which shows that Ronald Reagan, in his distrust of big government, his pursuit of libertarian ideals and his negotiations with Gorbachev, was an active and sophisticated president.
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