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Very short introductions volume 218
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English
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"They called it the Reagan revolution," Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address. "Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense."
Nearly two decades after that 1989 speech, debate continues to rage over just how revolutionary those Reagan years were. The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction identifies and tackles some of the controversies and historical...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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FP 1.2M. From the team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, bestselling authors of the blockbuster Killing series, now comes KILLING REAGAN. This page-turning epic account of the career of President Ronald Reagan tells the vivid story of his rise to power - and the forces of evil that conspired to bring him down. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after an assassin's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In an series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after his death, the 38th President of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy,
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Killing Reagan reaches back to...
10) Ronald Reagan
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In the second half of the twentieth century, no American president defined his political era as did Ronald Reagan. He ushered in an age that extolled smaller government, tax cuts, and strong defense, and to this day politicians of both political parties operate within the parameters of the world he made. His eight years in office from 1981 ti 1989 were a time of economic crisis and recovery, a new American assertiveness abroad, and an engagement with...
11) Ronald Reagan
Publisher
Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
12) Reagan: the life
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the twentieth century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient,...
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