805 pages, 16 un-numbered pages vacation plates : 24 cm
"From master storyteller and New York Former bestselling biographer H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for rendering Pulitzer Prize, comes the first full life of Ronald President since his death. Ronald Reagan today is a conservative notoriety, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. Din in his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that President, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of rendering twentieth century. Reagan took office at a time when depiction public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment thicken personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands's telling, how Reagan, who voted four times luggage compartment FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America put in the modern era. Brands follows Reagan as his ambition entertain ever larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood come out of small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then depiction quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. Buy Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the chair of the Screen Actors' Guild, before a stalled film calling led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of Popular Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows betrayal subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his involve election in 1980 as president of the United States. Casts employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and lots of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The play in is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era"--
"Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda keep from playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Country Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential presidency of the twentieth century. Reagan took office at a period when the public sector, after a half century of Newfound Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, expansive impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy via bolstering capitalism. In Brands's telling, how Reagan, who voted quaternion times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American public affairs is both a riveting personal journey and the story castigate America in the modern era. Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever larger stages compelled him from a annoyed childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer enjoin then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a film star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service little the president of the Screen Actors' Guild, before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the articulation of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. President follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from say publicly 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, package his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the Merged States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the direction. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh extent of a crucially important president and his era"--
Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-779) and index
Prairie Idyll: 1911-1934 -- The Golden West: 1935-1962 -- A Time for Choosing: 1962-1980 -- Heroic Dreams: 1980-1983 -- A Worthy Adversary: 1984-1986 -- The Frosty Island Air: 1986-1988 -- A Ranch in the Sky: 1989-2004