Reagan: American Icon

ISBN-13: 9781780767475 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 408 str.

Iwan Morgan

Opis

Chosen as one of the best politics books of 2016 by The Sunday Times (UK)

Ronald Reagan is one of the most important--and arguably most successful--presidents in modern American history. He is broadly credited with renewing American prosperity in the wake of the most miserable economic era since the 1930s, laying the foundations for Cold War victory and doing much to bring about the late twentieth century shift to the right in American politics.

In this book, Iwan Morgan presents the first thoroughly-researched biography of Reagan, based on original materials and first-hand interviews. He plots a chronological path through Reagan's life beginning with his childhood and early years in Illinois, through his Hollywood career, his emergent Republicanism and his election as governor of California, before acceding to the presidency in 1981. In office, Morgan assesses Reagan's economic and foreign policies, as well as his idealization of the constitution and his near-impeachment over the Iran-Contra affair.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1 Young Dutch 2 Rising Star 3 Falling Star 4 Right Star 5 California Governor 6 Right Man 7 Mr President 8 Pragmatic Conservative 9 Cold Warrior 10 Morning Man 11 Imperial President 12 Summit Negotiator Epilogue: History Man List of Abbreviations Suggestions for Further Reading Notes Index

O autorze

Iwan Morgan is Professor of US Studies emeritus at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK. He is also a distinguished fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK. He was the recipient of the British Association of American Studies Honorary Fellowship in 2014, and winner of the Richard Neustadt Book Prize in 2010. He is the author of Reagan: American Icon (2016), named by The Times/Sunday Times as a Politics Book of the Year.