Debating the Reagan Presidency

by Ehrman, John; Flamm, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9780742561397
• ISBN10: 0742561399
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• Copyright: 2009-06-16
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Summary

The presidency of Ronald Reagan has become a Rorschach Test for politicians and citizens alike. While many conservatives see the Reagan era of the 1980's as the high-water mark for their movement and a time of national recovery from the difficulties of the 1970's, many liberals maintain that the rosy Reagan legacy is based largely on myth, and that in fact his eight years as president caused serious harm to the country. John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm give due attention to the lasting controversies surrounding the Regan record and provide a balanced view of the fortieth president's foreign and domestic policies. Students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions by reading key primary documents.

Author Biography

John Ehrman is a foreign affairs analyst for the federal government and an independent scholar specializing in modern American conservatism. His books include The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. Michael W. Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s, and coauthor of Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Debating the Reagan Presidency: Domestic Politics and Issues	p. 1
Documents
Excerpts from "Inaugural Address" (January 20, 1981)	p. 81
Excerpts from "Economic Report of the President" (1985)	p. 85
Excerpt from "Walter Mondale's Speech Accepting the Democratic Nomination" (July 19, 1984)	p. 89
"Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States" (July 1, 1987)	p. 91
Excerpts from "Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate" (September 15, 1987)	p. 93
Excerpts from "Farewell Address to the Nation" (January 11, 1989)	p. 97
The Reagan Presidency and Foreign Policy: Controversies and Legacies	p. 101
Documents
Excerpts from "Address to Members of the British Parliament" (June 8, 1982)	p. 183
Excerpts from "Address to the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals" (March 8, 1983)	p. 187
Excerpts from "Address to the Nation and Other Countries on United States-Soviet Relations" (January 16, 1984)	p. 191
Excerpts from Minutes, National Security Planning Group Meeting (June 25, 1984)	p. 195
Excerpts from Addresses by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, Democratic National Convention (July 16-19, 1984)	p. 201
Excerpts from The Tower Commission Report (February 26, 1987)	p. 205
Excerpts from "Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy" (March 4, 1987)	p. 211
Excerpts from "Remarks and Question-and-Answer Session with the Students and Faculty at Moscow State University" (May 31, 1988)	p. 215
Excerpts from "Address by Mikhail Gorbachev at the Forty-Third U.N. General Assembly Session" (December 7, 1988)	p. 221
Selected Readings	p. 225
Index	p. 229
About the Authors	p. 237
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