MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2006033974
003 DLC
005 20070411120144.0
008 061023s2007 nyua b 001 0beng
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020 $a9780393060225 (hardcover)
020 $a0393060225 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm74648938
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050 00 $aE877$b.D54 2007
082 00 $a973.927092$aB$222
100 1 $aDiggins, John P.
245 10 $aRonald Reagan :$bfate, freedom, and the making of history /$cJohn Patrick Diggins.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$cc2007.
300 $axxii, 493 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-464) and index.
520 $a"Following his departure from office, Ronald Reagan was marginalized thanks to liberal biases that dominate the teaching of American history, says John Patrick Diggins. Yet Reagan, like Lincoln (who was also attacked for decades after his death), deserves to be regarded as one of our three or four greatest presidents. Reagan was far more active a president and far more sophisticated than we ever knew. His negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev and his opposition to foreign interventions demonstrate that he was not a rigid hawk. And in his pursuit of Emersonian ideals in his distrust of big government, he was the most open-minded libertarian president the country has ever had; combining a reverence for America's hallowed historical traditions with an implacable faith in the limitless opportunities of the future.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
600 10 $aReagan, Ronald.
600 10 $aReagan, Ronald$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1981-1989.
650 0 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006033974.html