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100 1 $aFarris, Scott.
245 10 $aKennedy and Reagan :$bwhy their legacies endure /$cScott Farris.
264 1 $aGuilford, Connecticut :$bLyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,$c[2013]
300 $ax, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index.
505 0 $aThe sincerest form of flattery -- Martyrdom and near martyrdom -- The most Irish of presidents -- Different incomes, similar families -- Boys who loved books -- College days during the great Depression -- Early success -- The war stateside and overseas -- Anti-communists -- Wives and other lovers -- The book and the speech -- The mad dash for president -- Sinatra, Disney, and Casals -- A city on the hill and a man on the moon -- Crises and charisma -- To the brink -- and back -- The Will Rogers of covert operations -- Tax cuts and deficits -- Religion and the culture wars -- Civil rights -- A different world.
520 $aLooks at the differing presidencies of the two men, discussing the key issues that each had to contend with, and argues that their legacies, although in opposition, are appealing to both sides of the aisle.
600 10 $aKennedy, John F.$q(John Fitzgerald),$d1917-1963.
600 10 $aReagan, Ronald.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1961-1963.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1981-1989.
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