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Getting Right with Reagan : The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980-2016 /

"Ronald Reagan has become synonymous with conservatism and continues to be lionized as the shining representative of the movement. But the fortieth president was no conservative ideologue. He had a complex relationship with American conservatives, and to many of his most ardent supporters he wa...

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Autor principal: Witcher, Marcus M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: The evolution of conservatives' perception of Reagan
  • The origins and evolution of Reagan's economic policies
  • The battle for fiscal conservatism : supply-siders vs. budget hawks
  • The origins of the New Right and the seeds of future frustration
  • The battle for America's soul : conservative disillusion with Reagan on social issues
  • AIDS, the New Rights, and Reagan's response
  • Neoconservatives, the New Right, and Reagan's first two years of foreign policy
  • The year of fear : Ronald Reagan and the transformation of America's foreign policy
  • The battle for the Cold War : conservative frustration with the INF Treaty
  • Recasting Reagan : how the fortieth president framed his legacy, 1989-1994
  • Remembering Reagan : the Reagan legacy in conservative politics, 1994-1996
  • Memorializing Reagan : enshrining the Reagan legacy
  • Reinventing Reagan : George W. Bush and the emergence of the Reagan myth, 2000-2004
  • Reconstructing Reagan : how conservatives created a mythical Reagan, 2004-2008
  • Resurrecting Reagan : the Tea Party movement and the manifestation of the Reagan myth, 2008-2016
  • Conclusion: Beyond Reagan?