The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

by Gil Troy

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'The Reagan Revolution' identifies and tackles some of the controversies and historical mysteries that continue to swirl around Reagan and his legacy, while providing an illuminating look at some of the era's defining personalities, ideas, and accomplishments.

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Gil Troy, a native of Queens, New York, and professor of history at McGill University, is the author of Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons; Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s; Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady; and See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate. He comments show more frequently about presidential politics in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Boston Globe, among other prominent publications. show less

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The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
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Like heat-seeking missiles, the gibes mocking Ronald Reagan's intelligence pursued him as a president and still dog his historical reputation.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)People will continue proclaiming the end of the Reagan Revolution—and it will be true—even as they will continue to live in a world shaped and defined by one of the twentieth century's most significant Americans, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

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Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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973.927092History & geographyHistory of North AmericaUnited States1901-Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001)Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Reaganomics, Cold War Escalation, Iran-Contra AffairBiography
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E877.2 .T767History of the United StatesUnited StatesLater twentieth century, 1961-2000Reagan's administrations, 1981-1989
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