FDR and Reagan: Transformative Presidents with Clashing Visions Illustrated Edition

by John W. Sloan (Author)

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Perhaps the twentieth century's most revered presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan could not seem more different as standard-bearers of liberal and conservative revolutions. But, as John Sloan demonstrates, they were more similar than most people suppose.

One rising out of the Great Depression and the self-defeating efforts of Herbert Hoover, the other out of the malaise of the 1970s and the failings of Jimmy Carter, both these presidents entered office with a mandate for change and oversaw a quantum shift in the national psyche. And while everyone takes their clashing visions for granted, Sloan demonstrates that these two very different presidents shared an ability to replace exhausted old leadership with a genuinely new vision.

FDR and Reagan is a study of how old regimes unravel, how new ones are constructed, and how the political system is rejuvenated. Adapting noted presidential scholar Stephen Skowronek's framework, Sloan analyzes how two iconic "reconstructive" presidents redefined the country's fundamental philosophy, priorities, and policies as he weighs their similarities, differences, and impacts. He compares their lives, core policies, and leadership traits and shows that today's politics and policies are still heavily influenced by these key presidencies.

Each of these men transformed the way Americans thought about the legitimate role of government, whether providing more security for citizens or stepping back from federal regulation. But, as Sloan reminds us, the new order never totally destroys the old-reconstructive presidents never completely eradicate the ideas and programs associated with the regime they replaced. Big business survived the New Deal, just as the welfare state weathered the Reagan Revolution.

As with other transformative presidents before them, the words and deeds of FDR and Reagan have taken on nearly mythical significance; yet Americans remain torn between the economic security offered by one and the economic freedom championed by the other. Sloan's book helps readers see through this contradiction and better understand the decisive role of presidents in promoting national progress.

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"Sloan compares Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan as transformative leaders, each of whom constructed a new political order in the aftermath of a vulnerable predecessor governing in a period of economic trauma."--Choice

"Comparing presidents is always a tricky endeavor, but Sloan carries it off with elegance and nuance. . . . He examines both of these presidents with equal objectivity. . . . The result is a well-written study of two chief executives who governed in very different eras and who wrought lasting ideological changes in the polity they governed."--Journal of American History

"Sloan makes a convincing case for comparing the administrations of two seemingly dissimilar presidents, each of whom marked a major turning point in American history. He treats both Roosevelt and Reagan objectively, offering informed criticism and deftly weighing the ambiguities of their visions of government."--Donald Ritchie, author of Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932

"Sloan fully understands the complexity of politics and charismatic leaders and explains them extremely well. He also shows again and again that there were nuances to each administration that are fascinating and revealing."--Chester Pach, coauthor of The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Preface

1. Reconstructive Presidents as Principal Agents of Regime Change

2. The Collapse of the Republican Regime

3. Erosion of the Liberal Regime

4. The Life, Personality, and Political Philosophy of Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan

5. Advising FDR

6. Advising Reagan

7. Core Policies of the New Deal

8. Reagan's Core Policies

9. Legitimating the New Deal

10. Legitimating Reagan's Conservative Regime

11. FDR's Reconstructive Party Leadership

12. Reagan's Reconstructive Party Leadership

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Press of Kansas; Illustrated edition (September 2, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 438 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0700616152
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0700616152
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches

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