222 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers an overview and analysis of the presidency of Ronald Reagan and the history of conservatism in the United States from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Focusing on major events of the 1980s, this book addresses the neo-liberal turn in economics and governance; culture war conflict over religion, abortion, Supreme Court vacancies, civil rights, drugs, and AIDS; and the final decade of the... Read more
Part 1: Analysis and Assessment Introduction 1. The Great Communicator 2. Government Is the Problem 3. The Reagan Doctrine 4. A Moral Majority? 5. The Teflon President 6. Reagan, the Soviets, and Arms Control 7. Assessment Part 2: Documents
Biography
Prudence Flowers is a Senior Lecturer in US History at Flinders University, Australia. She is a historian of social movement activism, modern conservatism, and US politics. She is the author of The Right-to-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion (2019).
