Research Catalog

Title

A companion to Ronald Reagan / edited by Andrew L. Johns.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Johns, Andrew L., 1968-

Description

xiii, 682 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. Wiley Blackwell presidential companions

Uniform Title

Blackwell companions to American history. Presidential companions.

Alternative Title

Ronald Reagan

Subject

• Reagan, Ronald
• Reagan, Ronald 1911-2004
• Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
• 1981 - 1989
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• Politiek
• Overheidsbeleid
• Buitenlandse betrekkingen
• United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989
• United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: to grasp and hold a vision: Ronald Reagan and his times / Andrew L. Johns -- Part I. Ronald Reagan's pre-presidential life and career -- Reagan's early years: from Dixon to Hollywood / John Sbardellati -- Political ideology and activism to 1966 / Lori Clune -- Reagan's gubernatorial years: from conservative spokesperson to national politician / Kurt Schuparra -- Reagan runs: his campaigns for the presidency, 1976, 1980, and 1984 / Yanek Mieczkowski -- Part II. The Reagan administration, 1981-1989 -- Domestic policy: politics & economics -- The great communicator: rhetoric, media, and leadership style / Reed L. Welch -- Reagan and the evolution of American politics, 1981-1989 / Andrew E. Busch -- Ronald Reagan and the Supreme Court / Andrew E. Hunt -- Reaganomics: the fiscal and monetary policies / W. Elliot Brownlee -- Reagan and the economy: business and labor, deregulation and regulation / Michael Adamson -- Reagan and the military / Jonathan Reed Winkler -- Domestic policy: social & cultural issues -- Ronald Reagan, race, civil rights, and immigration / Lilia Fernandez -- Reagan, religion, and the culture wars of the 1980s / Matthew Avery Sutton -- Reagan and aids / Jennifer Brier -- The crackdown in America: the Reagan revolution and the war on drugs / Jeremy Kuzmarov -- Ronald Reagan's environmental legacy / Jacob Darwin Hamblin -- Foreign policy: issues -- Reagan, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War, 1981-1985 / Michael V. Paulauskas -- Shaking the empire or a negotiated settlement: Ronald Reagan and visions of the Cold War's end / Gregory Mitrovich -- The Iran-ConTra Affair / James F. Siekmeier -- The Reagan Doctrine / Dustin Walcher -- Reagan and terrorism / Heather S. Gregg -- Foreign policy: regions -- Reagan and Africa / James H. Meriwether -- Reagan and Western Europe / William Glenn Gray -- Reagan and Asia / Michael Schaller -- Reagan and Central America / Jason M. Colby -- Reagan and the Middle East / Clea Bunch -- Key figures -- Mikhail Gorbachev / Elizabeth C. Charles -- The vice presidency of George H.W. Bush / Michael F. Cairo -- Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill, and 1980s congressional history / Robert David Johnson -- The troika: James Baker III, Edwin Meese III, and Michael Deaver / Christopher Maynard -- A foreign policy divided against itself: George Shultz vs. Caspar Weinberger / Andrew Preston -- Margaret Thatcher / Michael F. Hopkins -- Part III. The legacy of Ronald Reagan -- Reagan and the conservative movement / Sandra Scanlon -- Reagan and globalization / Thomas W. Zeiler -- Reputation and legacies: an American symbol / Chester Pach.

Call Number

E876

ISBN

• 9780470655047
• 0470655046

LCCN

2014018380

OCLC

884315109

Title

A companion to Ronald Reagan / edited by Andrew L. Johns.

Publisher

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. Wiley Blackwell presidential companions

Blackwell companions to American history. Presidential companions.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1981 - 1989

Added Author

Johns, Andrew L., 1968- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Companion to Ronald Reagan Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015 9781118607824 (DLC) 2014034353

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR E876 .C653 2015