Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom

Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom

Author: Andrew E. Busch

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2001-08-28

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1461642167

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In Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom, Andrew E. Busch goes beyond economic and foreign policies to examine Reagan's understanding of statesmanship. Busch analyzes Reagan's conscious attempt to strengthen the separation of powers, federalism, and traditional rhetoric, and his efforts to revive the notion of limited government in a Constitutional Republic. In this important new study, Busch concludes that Ronald Reagan's politics of freedom—found in his discourse, policy, and coalition-building—achieved significant successes in the 1980s and beyond.


Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom

Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom

Author: Andrew Busch

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780742520530

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In Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom, Andrew E. Busch goes beyond economic and foreign policies to examine Reagan's understanding of statesmanship. Busch analyzes Reagan's conscious attempt to strengthen the separation of powers, federalism, and traditional rhetoric, and his efforts to revive the notion of limited government in a Constitutional Republic. In this important new study, Busch concludes that Ronald Reagan's politics of freedom--found in his discourse, policy, and coalition-building--achieved significant successes in the 1980s and beyond.


Freedom at Risk

Freedom at Risk

Author: James Lane Buckley

Publisher: Encounter Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1594034788

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Contains essays, many from the 1970s, in which James Buckley, a former senator, under secretary of state, and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, shares his opinions on the adverse effects of the growth of the federal government.


Family of Freedom

Family of Freedom

Author: Kenneth T. Walsh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-23

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1317259645

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Barack Obama is the first African American President, but the history of African Americans in the White House long predates him. The building was built by slaves, and African Americans have worked in it ever since, from servants to advisors. In charting the history of African Americans in the White House, Kenneth T. Walsh illuminates the trajectory of racial progress in the US. He looks at Abraham Lincoln and his black seamstress and valet, debates between President Johnson and Martin Luther King over civil rights, and the role of black staff members under Nixon and Reagan. Family of Freedom gives a unique view of US history as seen through the experiences of African Americans in the White House.


Reagan's God and Country

Reagan's God and Country

Author: Tom Freiling

Publisher: Gospel Light Publications

Published: 2003-10-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780830734795

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Not since Lincoln has a sitting president addressed spiritual issues as frequently as President Ronald Reagan. Most of Reagan's biographers, however, overlook his strong religious convictions, writing about them either sparingly or disparagingly. In "Reagan's God and Country", Tom Freiling sets the record straight by giving you portions of every meaningful address Reagan gave in his public life about God, religion and morality. You'll discover how Reagan's moral compass was guided by an enduring faith in God and an optimistic faith in his fellow man. This is the first book to look at Reagan's spiritual oratory. It's the Great Communicator at his best.


Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed

Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed

Author: Jeffrey L. Chidester

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0674967690

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Reagan’s Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president’s policies and impact on today’s world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability.


When Character Was King

When Character Was King

Author: Peggy Noonan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-10-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0142001686

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No one has ever captured Ronald Reagan like Peggy Noonan. In When Character Was King, Noonan brings her own reflections on Reagan to bear as well as new stories—from Presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, his Secret Service men and White House colleagues, his wife, his daughter Patti Davis, and his close friends—to reveal the true nature of a man even his opponents now view as a maker of big history. Marked by incisive wit and elegant prose, When Character Was King will both enlighten and move readers. It may well be the last word on Ronald Reagan, not only as a leader but as a man.


The Politics of Freedom

The Politics of Freedom

Author: David Boaz

Publisher: Cato Institute

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1933995149

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Author David Boaz discusses the roots of American freedom, the growing libertarian vote in America, the arrogance of politicians, and everything from taxes and education to terrorism and the war on drugs.


Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Author: David T. Byrne

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1640121269

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"In this ambitious work, David Byrne analyzes the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan's political philosophy and policies. Rather than appraising his personal and emotional life, Byrne's intellectual biography goes one step further; it establishes a rationale for the former president's motives, discussing how thinkers such as Plato and Adam Smith influenced him. Byrne points to three historical forces that shaped Reagan's political philosophy: Christian values, particularly the concept of a universal kingdom of God; America's firm belief in freedom as the greatest political value and its aversion to strong centralized governments; and the appeasement era of World War II, which stimulated Reagan's aggressive and confrontational foreign policy. Byrne's account of the fortieth president augments previous work on Reagan with a new model for understanding him. Byrne shows how Reagan took conservatism and the Republican Party in a new direction, departing from the traditional conservatism of Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk. His desire to spread a "Kingdom of Freedom" both at home and abroad changed America's political landscape forever and inspired a new conservatism that persists to this day. "--