Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, And the Making of History - Couverture rigide

Diggins, John Patrick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393060225 ISBN 13 : 9780393060225

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2007

Synopsis

Following his departure from office, Ronald Reagan was marginalized thanks to liberal biases that dominate the teaching of American history, says John Patrick Diggins. Yet Reagan, like Lincoln (who was also attacked for decades after his death), deserves to be regarded as one of our three or four greatest presidents. Reagan was far more active a president and far more sophisticated than we ever knew. His negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev and his opposition to foreign interventions demonstrate that he was not a rigid hawk. And in his pursuit of Emersonian ideals in his distrust of big government, he was the most open-minded libertarian president the country has ever had; combining a reverence for America's hallowed historical traditions with an implacable faith in the limitless opportunities of the future. This is a revealing portrait of great character, a book that reveals the fortieth president to be an exemplar of the truest conservative values.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Patrick Diggins is the author of The Rise and Fall of the American Left and The Proud Decades: 1941–1960, in addition to biographies of John Adams and Max Weber. He is a distinguished professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393060225
• ISBN 13: 9780393060225
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 528
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• Personne responsable: non disponible