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

ISBN-13: 9780700628773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 448 str.

Marcus M. Witcher

Opis

To try to get a clearer picture of what the real Ronald Reagan legacy is, in this book Marcus Witcher details conservatives' frequently tense relationship with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and explores how they created the latter-day Reagan myth.

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Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Evolution of Conservatives' Perception of Reagan


Part I: Conservative Frustration with Reagan, 1945-1988


1. The Origins and Evolution of Reagan's Economic Policies


2. The Battle for Fiscal Conservatism: Supply-Siders vs. Budget Hawks


3. The Origins of the New Right and the Seeds of Future Frustrations


4. The Battle for America's Soul: Conservative Disillusion with Reagan on Social Issues


5. AIDS, the New Right and Reagan's Response


6. Neoconservatives, the New Right, and Reagan's First Two Years of Foreign Policy


7. The Year of Fear: Ronald Reagan and the Transformation of America's Foreign Policy


8. The Battle for the Cold War: Conservative Frustration with the INF Treaty


Part II: The Legacy of Evolving Mythology of President Reagan: 1988-2016


9. Recasting Reagan: How the Fortieth President Framed His Legacy, 1989-1994


10. Remembering Reagan: The Reagan Legacy in Conservative Politics, 1994-1996


11. Memorializing Reagan: Enshrining the Reagan Legacy, 1996-2000


12. Reinventing Reagan: George W. Bush and the Emergence of the Reagan Myth, 2000-2004


13. Reconstructing Reagan: How the Conservatives Created a Mythical Reagan, 2004-2008


14. Resurrecting Reagan: The Tea Party Movement and the Manifestation of the Reagan Myth, 2008-20169


Conclusion: Beyond Reagan?


Notes


Bibliography


Index