Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed / / ed. by Jeffrey L. Chidester.

Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclea...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword --
Introduction --
I. At Home and Abroad: The Global Impact of Reagan's Domestic Policy --
1. Ronald Reagan and the New Age of Globalization --
2. The "Great Expansion": Th e Economic Legacy of Ronald Reagan --
3. "The Balancer": Ronald Reagan, Party Politics, and U.S. Grand Strategy --
II. Trends in Global Democracy: The Reagan Legacy --
4. From Containment to Liberation: U.S. Strategy toward Eastern Europe --
5. Reagan's "March of Freedom" in a Changing World --
III. A New National Strategy: Reagan's Defense Policy Revisited --
6. Th e Beginning of a New U.S. Grand Strategy: Policy on Terror during the Reagan Era --
7. Ronald Reagan and American Defense --
IV. The Great Debate: Reagan and Negotiating the End of the Cold War --
8. A World of Fewer Nuclear Weapons: Ronald Reagan's Willingness to Negotiate --
9. Building Up and Seeking Peace: President Reagan's Cold War Legacy --
10. Ronald Reagan, Liberalism, and the Politics of Nuclear War and National Security, 1981-1985 --
V. Reagan and Multilateralism: Two Voices --
11. Ronald Reagan's Approach to the United Nations --
12. Ronald Reagan, the Pragmatic Internationalist --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Contributors --
Index
Summary:Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674426207
9783110439687
9783110438741
9783110665901
DOI:10.4159/9780674426207
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jeffrey L. Chidester.