| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Paul Kengor and Jeffrey L. Chidester -- Part I. At home and abroad: the global impact of Reagan's domestic policy -- Ronald Reagan and the new age of globalization / Alfred E. Eckes, Jr -- The "great expansion": the economic legacy of Ronald Reagan / Henry R. Nau -- "The balancer": Ronald Reagan, party politics, and U.S. grand strategy / Peter Trubowitz -- Part II. Trends in global democracy: the Reagan legacy -- From containment to liberation: U.S. strategy toward Eastern Europe / Jeffrey L. Chidester -- Reagan's "march of freedom" in a changing world / Paul Kengor -- Part III. A new national strategy: Reagan's defense policy revisited -- The beginning of a new U.S. grand strategy: policy on terror during the Reagan era / Kiron Skinner -- Ronald Reagan and American defense / Eliot A. Cohen -- Part IV. The great debate: Reagan and negotiating the end of the Cold War -- A world of fewer nuclear weapons: Ronald Reagan's willingness to negotiate / Paul Kengor -- Building up and seeking peace: President Reagan's Cold War legacy / Beth A. Fischer -- Ronald Reagan, liberalism, and the politics of nuclear war and national security, 1981-1985 / Julian E. Zelizer -- Part V. Reagan and multilateralism: two voices -- Ronald Reagan's approach to the United Nations / Kim R. Holmes -- Ronald Reagan, the pragmatic internationalist / Barry E. Carter |
| Summary |
Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Reagan, Ronald -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Reagan, Ronald fast |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Diplomatic relations
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140105
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chidester, Jeffrey L., editor, author.
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Kengor, Paul, 1966- editor, author.
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| ISBN |
9780674426207 |
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0674426207 |
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