Research Catalog

Title

The Reagan manifesto : "A time for choosing" and its influence / Eric D. Patter [and] Jeffry H. Morrison, editors.

Publication

• Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Patterson, Eric, 1971-
• Morrison, Jeffry H., 1961-

Description

xxi, 151 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"This book examines how Ronald Reagan's electrifying 1964 televised speech, "A Time For Choosing," ignited the conservative movement within the GOP. Ronald Reagan's televised speech, or what many conservatives today simply call "The Speech," was a call for action, telling Americans that now was "A Time for Choosing." "The Speech" catapulted Reagan into national politics, the California governorship, and ultimately the presidency. The themes of the speech, including anti-Communism, strong national defense, and the need to protect the average American from taxes and bureaucracy, ignited the conservative movement in the GOP, resulting over time in the sidelining of the more liberal, establishment wing of the Republican Party. The contributors in this edited volume show how Ronald Reagan's "coming out" speech on the national stage helped set the political agenda for the next three decades."--Page [4] of cover.

Subjects

• Republican National Convention (28th : 1964 : San Francisco, Calif.)
• Reagan, Ronald > Political and social views
• Campaign speeches > United States
• United States > Politics and government > 20th century
• Conservatism > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.

Contents

Introduction: the¡Reagan manifesto; reflections on¡"A time for¡choosing" at 50 / Jeffry H. Morrison, Eric D. Patterson -- The intellectual roots of Reagan's foreign policy / Ionut C. Popescu -- When Maggie chose Ronnie; and when she didn't: an¡exploration of¡"Thatcherite" and¡"Reaganite" foreign policies / Claire Berlinski -- "The Speech": Reagan, the¡Russians, and¡the¡bomb / Stephen F. Knott -- Preserving America's written Constitution: federal courts and¡President Reagan's defense of¡ordered liberty / Darren Patrick Guerra -- American exceptionalism and¡the¡Reagan doctrine: the¡belief that won the¡Cold War / Joseph Loconte -- A new time for choosing on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: today's challenges to the principles of Ronald Reagan's conservative manifesto / Ryan T. Anderson -- Ideas that travel: Coolidge, Reagan, and¡conservative economic policy / Amity Shlaes -- Ronald Reagan's "A time for¡choosing": a Christian realist reading / Eric Patterson -- A time for¡choosing (the speech-October 27, 1964) / Ronald Reagan.

Call Number

JFD 17-922

ISBN

• 9783319399867
• 3319399861

LCCN

2016953751

OCLC

950954031

Title

The Reagan manifesto : "A time for choosing" and its influence / Eric D. Patter [and] Jeffry H. Morrison, editors.

Publisher

Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.

Added Author

Patterson, Eric, 1971- editor.

Morrison, Jeffry H., 1961- editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-922