Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America

Ronald Reagan

Simon and Schuster, Oct 9, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 550 pages

During the eight years that Ronald Reagan served as president of the United States, a period of sustained economic prosperity and increased American power on the world stage, many of his advisers claimed authorship of the ideas that comprised 'the Reagan revolution.' The press, in turn, lent credence to the idea that President Reagan was merely a skilled communicator of those ideas, the consummate actor, not the director or producer. Few people realised that Reagan had left a paper trail of original writings that make clear he was the intellectual powerhouse behind his administration's landmark policies.
Hidden in archives for more than twenty years, Reagan's pre-presidential writings reveal an active mind wrestling with the problems of a sluggish economy, social pathologies, welfare, reform and the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union.
Selected and annotated by three leading scholars, two of whom were among Reagan's principal domestic-policy advisers, these writings unlock the puzzle of the man so many historians have tried to comprehend, with so little success. A publishing landmark, REAGAN, IN HIS OWN HAND will redefine the way we think about American history of the past quarter-century, and about the fortieth American president.

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One of the best collections of quotes by this great American. A must read for all history buffs. An excellent supplement to any biography of him.

REAGAN, IN HIS OWN HAND: Ronald Reagan's Writings that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America

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Handwritten documents suggesting that Ronald Reagan did more of his own thinking and research than generally believed, and that even before he became president he was already articulating the ideas ...

Contents

• Introduction: xiii
• REAGANS PHILOSOPHY: 1
• FOREIGN POLICY: 21
• COMMUNISM ASIA EUROPE AND THE SOVIET UNION: 26
• DEFENSE: 64
• FOREIGN POLICY DOUBLE STANDARDS HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RELIGION: 129
• THE THIRD WORLD: 179
• DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC POLICY: 219
• FREEDOM AND GOVERNMENT: 224
• THE ECONOMY: 254
• ENERGY LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT: 318
• EDUCATION: 342
• SOCIAL SECURITY AND HEALTH CARE: 364
• SOCIAL ISSUES: 375
• PERSONAL STORIES: 409
• OTHER WRITINGS NOV 6 1925NOV 5 1994: 421
• Halloween: 423
• Yale Comes Through: 424
• Life: 426
• Squall: 427
• Return to the Primitive: 428
• Killed in Action: 430
• The Making of a Movie Star: 433
• Letter to the Editor of The Catholic Reporter: 436
• Are Liberals Really Liberal?: 438
• Speech: 443
• Letter to the Editor of the Pegasus: 446
• Speech on phone to YAF Convention in Houston Texas: 449
• Letter to Dr McDowell: 453
• On Portugal: 456
• Stump Speech Insert: 457
• Speech on Agriculture: 466
• State of the Union Speech: 471
• PEACE: 480
• Economic SpeechAddress to the Nation: 487
• INE Negotiations: 493
• Mr Minister: 496
• Reagans Goodbye: 498

About the author

Kiron K. Skinner is an assistant professor of history and political science at Carnegie Mellon University and a fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America; Touchstone Book
• Author: Ronald Reagan
• Editors: Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson
• Contributor: George P. Shultz
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2001
• ISBN: 0743219384, 9780743219389
• Length: 550 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; History / General; History / United States / 20th Century; History / United States / General; Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / General; Social Science / General