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Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses events leading up to the 1986 Iran-Contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration sold guns to Iran in exchange for hostages and assisted rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Chris Matthews was an aide to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who waged a principled war of political ideals with President Reagan from 1980 to 1986. Together, the two men forged compromises that shaped America's future and became one of history's most celebrated political pairings.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper's conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America's political and economic situation.
13) Reagan
Series
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of Ronald Reagan's life, with comments by contemporaries and historians.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A candid memoir by the Republican Senate Majority Leader traces his childhood battle with polio and the philosophies that have shaped his career, sharing his views on such topics as the strained relationship between Congress and the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's moderate stance and the government shutdowns surrounding the Obamacare battles,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the forty-year rise and decline of the conservative movement in America, sharing insights into the roles of such contributors as the Federalist Society, the NRA, and Fox News, and demonstrating how it evolved into the populist movement that elected Donald Trump.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With a foreword from Senator Marco Rubio, a stirring collection of Ronald Reagan's most inspiring speeches, offering his timeless wisdom and guidance for our day. In his 1989 farewell address, Ronald Reagan said, "I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation--from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in principles that have guided us...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior comes the bitingly honest examination of the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and the erosion of American liberty. The story of Donald Trump's rise to power is the story of a buried American history - buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible without being seen, influential without being named, ubiquitous without being overt. Sarah Kendzior's Hiding...
19) Reagan: the life
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the twentieth century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient,...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
With the nation badly divided and the two major parties on a bitter collision course, a former governor and current presidential candidate wonders what Americans can learn from the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
"With the nation badly divided and the two major parties on a bitter collision course, what can we learn from America’s last great president? A lot, says New York Times bestselling author and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie. In...
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