Essential Ronald Reagan - A Profile in Courage, Justice, and Wisdom

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Lee Edwards is the Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at The Heritage Foundation. A prolific writer, Lee Edwards' essays have appeared in Reader's Digest, National Review and such leading newspapers as the The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Detroit News, and The Washington Times. His fifteen books range from Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography, written in 1967 to Educating for Liberty: The First Half Century of ISI, written in 2003, and include Missionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter Judd, Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution and The Conservative Revolution: The Movement that Remade America. Educated at Duke University, the Sorbonne (Paris) and the Catholic University of America, Dr. Edwards was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and is now an Adjunct Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. He was founding director of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University, is past president of The Philadelphia Society and is Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Dr. Edwards and his wife Anne reside in Alexandria, Virginia. Klappentext This political biography delves into the former president's childhood in Illinois through his years in Hollywood, his growing involvement in politics, and, ultimately, his two-term presidency.Recounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis. Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction: A Time for Testing Chapter 3 From the Heartland Chapter 4 Going Hollywood Chapter 5 Communism and Capitalism Chapter 6 In the Ring at Last Chapter 7 The Biggest Role of All Chapter 8 Golden Years Chapter 9 The Reagan Doctrine Chapter 10 Never Again Part 11 Bibliographic Essay Part 12 Notes Part 13 Index Part 14 Acknowledgments Part 15 About the Author ...

Product details

• Authors: Lee Edwards, Edwards Lee
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2005
• EAN: 9780742543751
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4375-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, American Presidency, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political leaders and leadership