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Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism (Library of American Biography Series) (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0536125439
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Pearson; 2 edition (February 11, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0536125430
  • ISBN-13: 978-0536125439
  • Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.5 x 7.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsMust-Read for Conservatives
By Gio on January 25, 2005
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Dr. Jules Tygiel uses simple, forthright prose to assess the accomplishments and evaluate the legacy of one of America's most popular presidents.His admiration for Ronald Reagan's political skills is fairly balanced with his reservations about some of the unfinished business of the two-term administration.This is a book for general readers, not scholars. There are no footnotes and only a brief bibliography, but the tenor of the text is factual and earnest, rather than fanciful and laudatory. All admirers of the 40th President will surely want to read this concise, stylishly-written biography in order to preview the judgements of future generations of historians concerning Ronald Reagan.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA good introduction to the life and legacy of our 40th president
By MarkK VINE VOICE on March 13, 2011
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Today the election of 1980 is viewed as one of the most pivotal elections in American history, one in which the nation took a decisive turn away from the liberalism that had dominated American politics since the Great Depression and towards the conservative views espoused by the victor in that race, Ronald Reagan. As Jules Tygiel demonstrates in this short biographical study, this shift was in many respects an echo of a political transformation over the course of Reagan's own life. Just as the nation moved rightwards during his political career so too Reagan went from being a self-professed liberal and Franklin Roosevelt supporter in his youth to espousing conservative ideas as a spokesman and politician in his later years - an espousal which helped shape the ideological journey the nation itself was undergoing.

Tygiel argues that Reagan's political allegiances as a young man was to some degree the result of the influence of his father. A shoe salesman and staunch Democrat, Jack Reagan struggled to provide for his family, a consequence of his alcoholism and the depressed economic conditions of rural Illinois in the 1920s. Yet Reagan enjoyed considerable success from the start, first as a sports broadcaster, then as a Hollywood actor. Politically engaged from an early age, he began to move away from the liberalism of his youth while president of the Screen Actors Guild, a transformation facilitated by his friendships with other conservative actors. By the 1950s, with his film career winding down, Reagan embraced a job as a spokesman for General Electric. His exposure to the representatives of the company solidified his political transformation, while the job served as a bridge to a new career in politics.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsRonald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism by Jules Tygiel
By beasi on July 28, 2013
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I purchased this book for a class. While reading the latter, one can retain information in a short amount of time. One can stop reading at the end of one chapter, and then pick-up a few chapters later or before that chapter without feeling lost. This book was not new, and the seller had not claimed that it was... The shipping time was reasonable.
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5.0 out of 5 starsglad I did
By Amazonaholic on January 18, 2015
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Very interesting book, had to read it for a history class, glad I did!
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4.0 out of 5 starsJUST THE SAME
By Nativeone on October 29, 2014
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JUST AS GOOD AS WHAT COULD BE PURCHASED AT THE SCHOOL STORE.
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5.0 out of 5 starsgood book
By F. Rodriguez on June 23, 2015
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bought this for a history class
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