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Melvyn P. Leffler the Scholar
The Scholar Texas National Security Review: Volume 1, Issue 3 (May 2018) Print: ISSN 2576-1021 Online: ISSN 2576-1153 Melvyn P. Leffler The Scholar Scholars, like contemporary observers, continue to argue heatedly over the quality of President Ronald Reagan’s strategy, diplomacy, and leadership. This paper focuses on a fascinating paradox of his presidency: By seeking to talk to Soviet leaders and end the Cold War, Reagan helped to win it. In that process, his emotional intelligence was more important than his military buildup; his political credibility at home was more important than his ideological offensive abroad; and his empathy, affability, and learning were more important than his suspicions. Ultimately, by striving to end the nuclear arms race and avoid Armageddon, he contributed to the dynamics that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. These ironies, rather than detracting from Reagan’s significance, should instead put it in proper perspective. He was Gorbachev’s minor, yet indispensable partner, setting the framework for the dramatic changes that neither man anticipated happening anytime soon. cholars love debating the role of Ronald who worked for him, and who labored to impress Reagan in the Cold War. Some say he his legacy on the American psyche. aimed to win the Cold War. Others Nonetheless, the growing documentary record, claim he wanted to end the Cold War. along with memoirs and oral histories, allows for SomeS say he wanted to abolish nuclear weapons a more careful assessment of Reagan’s personal and yearned for a more peaceful world; others say impact on the endgame of the Cold War. -
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CSPAN/FIRST LADIES NANCY REAGAN APRIL 2, 2014 8:00 a.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) NANCY REAGAN, FORMER FIRST LADY: So, all of you, thank you for your support and to the kids for just saying no. Thank you. My hope is that the women of the future will feel truly free to follow whatever paths their talents and their natures point to. I think they thought that the White House was so glamorous and your role was so -- what you did was so glamorous, your life was so glamorous, and all they saw were the parties and the meeting people and, you know -- and I've got to tell you, I never worked harder in my life. (END VIDEO CLIP) SUSAN SWAIN, HOST: Nancy Reagan served as long-time political partner, fiercest protector, and ultimately as the caretaker for President Ronald Reagan. An involved first lady, she was active in key staff decisions and policymaking and in campaigning. She made drug use her signature White House issue with her "Just Say No" campaign. Good evening, and welcome to C-SPAN series "First Ladies: Influence and Image." Tonight, we're going to tell you the story of Anne Frances Robbins, known to us all as Nancy Reagan, the wife of our 40th president. Let me introduce our two guests who'll be with us for the next 90 minutes. Judy Woodruff is co- managing editor and co-anchor of PBS's "NewsHour." In her earlier years, she covered the Reagan White House for NBC and later on co-produced a documentary about the first lady. -
The Vision Thing
New England Journal of Public Policy Volume 6 | Issue 2 Article 8 9-23-1990 The iV sion Thing Shaun O'Connell University of Massachusetts Boston, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp Part of the American Politics Commons, Political History Commons, and the Public Policy Commons Recommended Citation O'Connell, Shaun (1990) "The iV sion Thing," New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 6: Iss. 2, Article 8. Available at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol6/iss2/8 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It has been accepted for inclusion in New England Journal of Public Policy by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Vision Thing Shaun O 'Connell The works discussed in this article include: All by Myself: The Unmaking ofa Presidential Campaign, by Christine M. Black and Thomas Oliphant. 343 pages. The Globe Pequot Press, 1989. $19.95. The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed, by Barbara Ehrenreich. 275 pages. Pantheon Books, 1989. $19.95. The Questfor the Presidency: The 1988 Campaign, by Peter Goldman, Tom Mathews, and the Newsweek Special Election Team. 430 pages. Simon and Schuster, 1989. $9.95 (paperback). Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency, 1988, by Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover. 478 pages. Warner Books, 1989. $22.95. What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era, by Peggy Noonan. -
Oval Office Occult Copyright © 2008 by Brian M
,'yP-^aS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/ovalofficeoccultOOOOthom Oval Office Selected Other Books by Brian M. Thomsen Once Around the Realms The Mage in the Iron Mask Man of Two Worlds (with Julius Schwartz) Ireland's Most Wanted The Awful Truths Pasta Fazool for the Wiseguys Soul Edited by Brian M. Thomsen The Reel Stuff Mob Magic The American Fantasy Tradition Commanding Voices of Blue and Grey Blue and Grey at Sea True Stories of White House Weirdness Brian M. Thomsen Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC Kansas City Oval Office Occult copyright © 2008 by Brian M. Thomsen. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For information, write Andrews Mc- Meel Publishing, LLC, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. 08 09 10 11 12 MLT 10 987654321 ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-7386-0 ISBN-10: 0-7407-7386-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008925903 Avww.andrewsmcmeel.com ATTENTION: SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES Andrews McMeel books are available at quantity discounts with bulk purchase for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please write to: Special Sales Department, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. Fred Thomsen the II, Fred Thomsen the III, Isabelle Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Michael Lincoln, Martin Miller, and Terry Malley, who all now have the answers to questions we discussed. -
Ronald Reagan O 1911–2004
Ronald Reagan o 1911–2004 Ronald Reagan Late a President of the United States h MEMORIAL TRIBUTES DELIVERED IN CONGRESS Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library Ronald Reagan j108 TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION ... HOUSE DOCUMENT NO. 108–227k MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TRIBUTES IN EULOGY OF Ronald Reagan LATE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Compiled Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on Printing Chairman Robert W. Ney Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2005 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 135 (Mr. FRIST submitted the following concurrent resolution) IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, July áá, áÖÖâ. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), SECTION ". COMMEMORATIVE DOCUMENT AUTHOR- IZED. A commemorative document in memory of the late President of the United States, RONALD WILSON REAGAN, consisting of the eu- logies and encomiums for RONALD WILSON REAGAN, as expressed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, together with the texts of the state funeral ceremony at the United States Capitol Rotunda, the national funeral service held at the Washington Na- tional Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia, and the inter- ment ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, shall be printed as a House document, with illus- trations and suitable binding, under the direction of the Joint Com- mittee on Printing. SEC. #. PRINTING OF DOCUMENT. In addition to the usual number of copies printed, there shall be printed the lesser of— (1) 32,500 copies of the commemorative document, of which 22,150 copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and 10,350 copies shall be for the use of the Senate; or (2) such number of copies of the commemorative document that does not exceed a production and printing cost of $1,000,000, with distribution of the copies to be allocated in the same proportion as described in paragraph (1). -
ABSTRACT 1980: Reagan, Carter, and the Politics of Religion in America Andrew P. Hogue, Ph.D. Mentor: Martin J. Medhurst, Ph.D
ABSTRACT 1980: Reagan, Carter, and the Politics of Religion in America Andrew P. Hogue, Ph.D. Mentor: Martin J. Medhurst, Ph.D. This dissertation examines the political uses of religion in the 1980 presidential election, doing so within the broader context of how and why those uses emerged, as well as how they functioned to usher in a new era, setting the parameters for future presidential candidates’ uses of religion in presidential elections. I go about this by first examining several streams that converged in 1980, among them: the expansion of the American conservative movement upon its inclusion of religious conservatism as a major concern; the various historical factors that led to the engagement of religious conservatives in American politics; the surfacing of religious rhetoric in presidential politics during the 1976 election; and the disappointment experienced by religious conservatives during the Carter presidency. I then closely examine of the candidacies of Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John B. Anderson in1980, showing the ways in which these candidates constructed lasting discourses of political religion and signaled the emergence of a new religious era in presidential politics. Finally, I observe the legacy of the 1980 presidential election, offering lessons from it to inform what appears to be the present dawn of a new religious era in American politics. 1980: Reagan, Carter, and the Politics of Religion in America by Andrew P. Hogue, B.A., M.A. A Dissertation Approved by the Department Political Science ___________________________________ Mary P. Nichols, Ph.D., Chairperson Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Baylor University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Approved by the Dissertation Committee ___________________________________ Martin J. -
Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library
w Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library As is befitting for the public library where Ronald Reagan was himself a member, the Dixon Public Library is proud of its extensive collection of books about the 40th President. Our Reagan Collection can be found online using this link: https://tinyurl.com/dplreagancollection. Click on the link and you will be taken to a listing of all of our Reagan items in our online catalog. On the following pages is a list of over 370 items and 260 distinct titles that the library holds on Reagan. We hope that you find this list useful. We will keep it up to date, as we add new titles. If you have any questions or suggestions for specific items we might add to this collection, please address those to the Director of the Dixon Public Library, Antony Deter. A quick note on Locations box. Most of the books and DVDs are kept on the Reagan Collection shelves on the main floor of the library, although a few of the rarer items are kept in the vault. The Reagan Collection Newspaper and Photograph boxes are kept in the vault, pamphlets are kept in magazine boxes at the adult desk, as is the Index Card Items not on the shelves may be requested, but may take a few minutes to retrieve and may only be used in the library. Call Location Title Author Year Type Number Notes "The president has been shot": confusion, disability, and the 25th amendment in the RC Ab835p Abrams, Herbert L. -
Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library
Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library As is befitting for the public library where Ronald Reagan was himself a member, the Dixon Public Library is proud of its extensive collection of books about the 40th President. On the following pages is a list of the over 125 titles that the library holds on Reagan. We hope that you find this list useful. We will keep it up to date, as we add new titles. If you have any questions or suggestions for specific items we might add to this collection, please address those to the Director of the Dixon Public Library, Antony Deter. Updated August 17, 2017 Call Publication Title Author Notes Number Year "The president has been shot": confusion, disability, RC Ab835p and the 25th amendment in the aftermath of the Abrams, Herbert L. 1991 attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan RC An2377r Ronald Reagan Anderson, Janice 1982 Reagan's secret war: the untold story of his fight to RC An241r Anderson, Martin 2009 save the world from nuclear disaster RC Ar68r The Reagan Imprint Arquilla, John 2005 Riding with Reagan: from the White House to the RC B2491r Barletta, John R. 2005 ranch Gambling with history: Ronald Reagan in the White RC B2756g Barrett, Laurence I. 1983 House RC B2842r Reaganomics: supply side economics in action Bartlett, Bruce R. 1981 RC B4434p The president & Mrs. Reagan: an American love story Benson, Harry. 2003 RC B691r The rise of Ronald Reagan. Boyarsky, Bill 1968 RC B7343r Reagan: the life Brands, H. W. -
First Ladies of the United States-Advocates for Children, Women Leadership and Social Causes: a Historical Examination of Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2013 First Ladies of the United States-Advocates for Children, Women Leadership and Social Causes: A Historical Examination of Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton Nimsiha Bhatt Kumar Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Educational Administration and Supervision Commons Recommended Citation Kumar, Nimsiha Bhatt, "First Ladies of the United States-Advocates for Children, Women Leadership and Social Causes: A Historical Examination of Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton" (2013). Dissertations. 526. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/526 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2013 Nimsiha Bhatt Kumar REwwwwwwLOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO FIRST LADIES OF THE UNITED STATES-ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, WOMEN LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL CAUSES: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF NANCY REAGAN AND HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TOTHE FACULTY OF THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION BY NIMISHA BHATT KUMAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 2013 Copyright by Nimisha Bhatt Kumar, 2013 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation represents a major accomplishment in my career as a scholar, a teacher, an administrator, and a leader. My journey has been a long rendezvous with destiny to impact the educational lives of children. -
The Rhetorical Rearmament of Ronald Reagan
"An Evil Empire": The Rhetorical Rearmament of Ronald Reagan A dissertation presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Jon Richard Peterson June 2010 © 2010 Jon Richard Peterson. All Rights Reserved. 2 This dissertation titled "An Evil Empire": The Rhetorical Rearmament of Ronald Reagan by JON RICHARD PETERSON has been approved for the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences by Chester J. Pach, Jr. Associate Professor of History Benjamin M. Ogles Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ABSTRACT PETERSON, JON R., Ph.D., June 2010, History "An Evil Empire": The Rhetorical Rearmament of Ronald Reagan (311 pp.) Director of Dissertation: Chester J. Pach, Jr. This project examines the origins, drafting, and effects of Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire speech. My dissertation introduces this important address by exploring Reagan’s political ideology during his pre-presidential years. His ideological polemics coexisted with his pragmatic governing style. I subsequently explain how ending the foreign policy of détente with the Soviet Union led to the rise of the Nuclear Freeze movement, a broad- based, bipartisan, interfaith, international peace group. The dissertation centers on the reaction by peace activists, evangelical Christians, the Kremlin, and the mainstream news media to rhetorical rearmament, Reagan’s Manichean and moralistic characterization of his foreign policy ideology. My project concludes by studying the political phenomenon of “evil empire” over the past quarter century The importance of the study derives from the political mobilization of the White House against this incarnation of the peace movement among religious voters, in the news media, and from the bully pulpit. -
REAGAN, NANCY DAVIS: Papers
REAGAN, NANCY DAVIS: Papers Correspondence, 1950-1994 (2 l.ft.; Boxes 1-6) Biography Anne Francis “Nancy” Robbins was born on July 6, 1921, the only child of Kenneth Seymour Robbins and Edith Prescott Luckett. Her parents separated shortly after her birth. After the separation, Edith continued pursuing her acting career, and eventually placed two-year-old Nancy with her sister and brother-in-law, Virginia and Audley Gailbraith, in Bethesda, Maryland. Nancy lived with the Gailbraiths for the next six years. Edith Luckett remarried in 1929 to Loyal Edward Davis, a prominent neurosurgeon from Chicago, Illinois. Mother and daughter reunited in Chicago, where Nancy attended school and grew into a young woman. Dr. Davis, who died August 19, 1982, was Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University after serving as Professor of Surgery there for more than 30 years. Edith Luckett Davis went on to serve with many charitable organizations. She died October 26, 1987, at the Davis’s retirement home in Phoenix, Arizona. Nancy Reagan enjoyed a close relationship with her stepfather, and always considered him her father. Loyal Davis formally adopted Nancy when she was a teenager. Ann Francis Robbins legally became Nancy Davis at this time. Nancy Davis graduated from Chicago’s Girls’ Latin School and went on to Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, where she majored in English and drama. She graduated in 1943 and then pursued a professional acting career. In her acting career, Nancy Davis worked in stage, film, and television productions. Her stage performances ranged from summer stock to road tours to Broadway and, in 1949, she signed a seven-year contract with MGM. -
Confronting Reagan on Astrology Eight Years Too Early
Stone/Every r3P 189–302 10/3/08 11:57 AM Page 206 Chapter 19 Confronting Reagan on Astrology Eight Years Too Early Governor Reagan’s interest in astrology and fortune-telling is spotted in 1980 during his run for the presidency. After an investigation, a letter is secured from Presidential Candidate Reagan denying that he lets astrology influence his life—a denial ultimately proven quite wrong but one that, ironically, might have served the Republic well. In the spring of 1988, when advance P.R. stories about for- mer chief of staff Donald Regan’s memoirs began to circulate, I received a call from the McNeill-Lehrer News Hour. In the news business today, with modern technology, nothing is ever lost. Accordingly, the staffers knew that I had inspired small news sto- ries, eight years before that candidate for president Ronald Reagan believed in astrology. Would I appear on the show to discuss the new disclosures about the president and his wife? On this bizarre issue, after years of waiting patiently beside my phone, I finally made it onto the most important news show in America. It all began with a syndicated article in The Washington Post on July 13, 1980, by Angela Fox Dunn suggesting that Ronald Reagan was superstitious, consulted horoscopes, and believed in clairvoyance and fortune-telling. For example, Reagan thought that 80 percent of the people in New York’s Hall of Fame were Aquarians like him. He also talked of Jeane Dixon as having a “foretelling” part of her mind and quoted a prediction she made about him that had come true.