Overview
A Companion to Ronald Reagan evaluates in unprecedented detail the events, policies, politics, and people of Reagan's administration. It assesses the scope and influence of his various careers within the context of the times, providing wide-ranging coverage of his administration, and his legacy. Assesses Reagan and his impact on the development of the United States based on new documentary evidence and engagement with the most recent secondary literature Offers a mix of historiographic chapters devoted to foreign and domestic policy, with topics integrated thematically and chronologically Includes a section on key figures associated politically and personally with Reagan
Full Product Details
Author: AL Johns
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 20.40cm
, Height: 8.60cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.855kg
ISBN: 9781118607770
ISBN 10: 1118607775
Pages: 664
Publication Date: 13 February 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Digital
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""This strapping volume is another fine addition to the Wiley Blackwell Companions to American Historyseries and, at 682 pages, one of the longer ones."" (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2015) ""This volume offers the fullest and fairest assessment of Ronald Reagan available today. The chapters cover Reagan's life, his policies, and the key issues of his time with clear focus and rigorous analysis. This volume defines the field, and it charts many future directions for research and debate."" (Expofairs, 7 May 2015)"
This strapping volume is another fine addition to the Wiley Blackwell Companions to American Historyseries and, at 682 pages, one of the longer ones. (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2015) This volume offers the fullest and fairest assessment of Ronald Reagan available today. The chapters cover Reagan's life, his policies, and the key issues of his time with clear focus and rigorous analysis. This volume defines the field, and it charts many future directions for research and debate. (Expofairs, 7 May 2015)
Author Information
Andrew L. Johns is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. He is the author of Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War (2010), and the co-editor of The Eisenhower Administration, the Third World, and the Globalization of the Cold War (with Kathryn C. Statler, 2006) and Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945 (with Heather L. Dichter, 2014). He is also the editor of Passport: The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Review.
