{"product_id":"ronald-reagan-and-the-1980s-9781349371471","title":"Ronald Reagan and the 1980s","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the end of the 1980s, many Americans looked at the state of the nation with a renewed optimism, which was personified by an enduring American president - Ronald Wilson Reagan. The essays in this volume revisit the 1980s in order to examine the factors that contributed to his political and cultural triumphs and assess his legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The essays in this splendid collection offer a nuanced, up-to-date understanding not only of Ronald Reagan but also of larger social, economic, and political trends of the 1980s - and of their legacies.\" - James T. Patterson, author of Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; C.Hudson\u0026amp; G. Davies PART I: PERCEPTIONS Ronald Reagan: Communicating the America Within; D.Rather Only an Actor: Memories of a Reagan Biopic; G.Hodgson 'Just Say No': Drug Abuse Policy in the Reagan Administration; P.G.Bourne Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War; J.F.Matlock, Jr. PART II: POLITICS AND POLICIES Reagan, Nuclear Weapons, and the End of the Cold War; S.Head Reaganomics and its Legacy; I.Morgan African American Protest during the Reagan Years: Forging New Agendas, Defending Old Victories; S.Tuck Reagan's Religious Right: The Unlikely Alliance between Southern Evangelicals and a California Conservative; D.K.Williams Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party: Responses to Realignment; R.Mason PART III: LEGACIES The Baptist and the Messiah: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher; D.Sandbrook Transforming the Presidency: The Administration of Ronald Reagan; J.D.Aberbach The Road to Mount Rushmore: The Conservative Commemoration Crusade for Ronald Reagan; N.Bjerre-Poulsen Toward a Historiography of Reagan and the 1980s: Why Have We Done Such a Lousy Job?; G.Troy Epilogue: Ronald Reagan and the Historians; M.J.Heale","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084816970071,"sku":"9781349371471","price":104.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349371471.jpg?v=1762207270","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ronald-reagan-and-the-1980s-9781349371471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}