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FDR and Reagan: Transformative Presidents with Clashing Visions
John W. Sloan
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Hardcover. Demonstrates that Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan shared an ability to replace exhausted old leadership with a genuinely new vision. This study deals with how old regimes unravel, how new ones are constructed, and how the political system is rejuvenated. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Perhaps the twentieth century's most revered presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan could not seem more different as standard-bearers of liberal and conservative revolutions. But, as John Sloan demonstrates, they were more similar than most people suppose.One rising out of the Great Depression and the self-defeating efforts of Herbert Hoover, the other out of the malaise of the 1970s and the failings of Jimmy Carter, both these presidents entered office with a mandate for change and oversaw a quantum shift in the national psyche. And while everyone takes their clashing visions for granted, Sloan demonstrates that these two very ... Read more
Perhaps the twentieth century's most revered presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan could not seem more different as standard-bearers of liberal and conservative revolutions. But, as John Sloan demonstrates, they were more similar than most people suppose.One rising out of the Great Depression and the self-defeating efforts of Herbert Hoover, the other out of the malaise of the 1970s and the failings of Jimmy Carter, both these presidents entered office with a mandate for change and oversaw a quantum shift in the national psyche. And while everyone takes their clashing visions for granted, Sloan demonstrates that these two very ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616152
SKU
V9780700616152
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About John W. Sloan
John W. Sloan is professor of political science at the University of Houston. His previous books include Eisenhower and the Management of Prosperity and, most recently, The Reagan Effect: Economics and Presidential Leadership.
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