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OverviewFollowing his departure from office, Ronald Reagan was marginalized from public interest. But like Lincoln, who was also attacked for decades after his death, Reagan deserves to be regarded as one of our greatest presidents, an exemplar of true conservative values. In this bold and philosophical reevaluation, Diggins reveals that Reagan was a far more active and sophisticated president than we ever knew. His negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev and his opposition to foreign interventions demonstrate that he was not a rigid hawk. In his pursuit of Emersonian ideals and distrust of big government, he was an open-minded libertarian, combining a reverence for America's hallowed historical traditions with an implacable faith in the limitless opportunities of the future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor John Patrick Diggins , Ray PorterPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 15.60cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9780786161843ISBN 10: 0786161841 Publication Date: 01 February 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA significant book...Diggins holds that Reagan needs serious attention from intellectual historians. -- Kirkus Reviews Diggins does a superb job of tracing Reagan's intellectual development from old school New Dealer to thoughtful, Emersonian libertarian, and also firmly establishes Reagan's credentials as a major architect of communism's final collapse. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) """A significant book...Diggins holds that Reagan needs serious attention from intellectual historians."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Diggins does a superb job of tracing Reagan's intellectual development from old school New Dealer to thoughtful, Emersonian libertarian, and also firmly establishes Reagan's credentials as a major architect of communism's final collapse."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)""" Author InformationJohn Patrick Diggins is the author of The Rise and Fall of the American Left, The Proud Decades: 1941-1960, and biographies of John Adams and Max Weber. He is a distinguished professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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