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During the eight years that Ronald Reagan served as president of the United States, a period of sustained economic prosperity and increased American power on the world stage, many of his advisers claimed authorship of the ideas that comprised 'the Reagan revolution.' The press, in turn, lent credence to the idea that President Reagan was merely a skilled communicator of those ideas, the consummate actor, not the director or producer. Few people realised that Reagan had left a paper trail of original writings that make clear he was the intellectual powerhouse behind his administration's landmark policies. Hidden in archives for more than twenty years, Reagan's pre-presidential writings reveal an active mind wrestling with the problems of a sluggish economy, social pathologies, welfare, reform and the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union. Selected and annotated by three leading scholars, two of whom were among Reagan's principal domestic-policy advisers, these writings unlock the puzzle of the man so many historians have tried to comprehend, with so little success. A publishing landmark, REAGAN, IN HIS OWN HAND will redefine the way we think about American history of the past quarter-century, and about the fortieth American president.
Kiron K. Skinner is an assistant professor of history and political science at Carnegie Mellon University and a fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations.
ContentsForeword by George P. ShultzIntroductionA Note on Editorial MethodsPart OneREAGAN'S PHILOSOPHYPart Two FOREIGN POLICYCommunism, Asia, Europe, and the Soviet UnionDefense and Intelligence PolicyForeign Policy Double Standards, Human Rights, International Organizations, and ReligionThe Third WorldPart ThreeDOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC POLICYFreedom and GovernmentThe EconomyEnergy, Land, and the EnvironmentEducationSocial Security and Health CareSocial IssuesPersonal StoriesPart FourOTHER WRITINGS NOV. 6, 1925-NOV. 5, 1994Hallowe'enYale Comes ThroughLifeSquallReturn to the PrimitiveKilled in ActionThe Making of a Movie StarLetter to the Editor of The Catholic Reporter"Are Liberals Really Liberal?"SpeechLetter to the Editor of the PegasusSpeech on phone to YAF Convention in Houston, TexasLetter to Dr. McDowellOn PortugalStump Speech InsertSpeech on Agriculture"State of the Union" SpeechPeaceEconomic Speech -- Address to the NationI.N.F. Negotiations"Mr. Minister"Reagan's GoodbyeAppendix: Ronald Reagan's Radio Addresses, 1975-79AcknowledgmentsIndex
Steve H. Hanke Forbes Awe-inspiring in their breadth...these essays laid out the philosophical framework for Reagan's presidency.