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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Mr. Conservative Comes to Washington | |
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| From Movement to Governance | |
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| Domestic Politics | |
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| National Security | |
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| Conservatism since 1988 | |
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| The Documents | |
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| Origins, 1957-1980 | |
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| Commencement Address at Eureka College, June 7, 1957 | |
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| A Time for Choosing, October 27, 1964 | |
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| Campaign Speech at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, May 12, 1966 | |
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| California and the Problem of Government Growth, January 5, 1967 | |
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| Speech to America, March 3l, 1976 | |
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| Campaign Speech to College Republicans in Atlanta, June 24, 1978 | |
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| Speech at Neshoba County Fair, August 3, 1980 | |
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| Reaganomics, 1981 | |
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| Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981 | |
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| Address to the Nation on the Economy, February 5, 1981 | |
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| Letter to Republican Colleagues, May 29, 1981 | |
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| Air Traffic Controllers Strike, August 3, 1981 | |
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| The Education of David Stockman, December 1981 | |
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| Mobilizing on the Political left and Right, 1982 | |
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| Black Strategy, February 24, 1982 | |
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| Summer Alternatives, May 5, 1982 | |
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| Conservative Social Agenda, March 9, 1982 | |
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| Letter to James Baker, August 12, 1982 | |
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| Letter to Barry Goldwater, September 7, 1982 | |
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| "The Gender Gap": A Postelection Assessment, November 23, 1982 | |
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| Morning in America: Reagan's Reelection, 1983-1985 | |
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| Campaign to Save Medicare/Medicaid, 1984 | |
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| Radio Address to the Nation on the Presidential Campaign, October 13, 1984 | |
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| Remarks of the President to the Twelfth Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, March 1, 1985 | |
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| Domestic Culture Wars, 1986-1988 | |
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| Completing the Reagan Revolution, July 8, 1986 | |
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| Address to the Nation on the Campaign against Drug Abuse, September 14, 1986 | |
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| Robert Bork's America, July 1, 1987 | |
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| Issues Update - Taxes and the Budget, October 23, 1987 | |
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| "Selfishness"as a 1988 Campaign Issue, January 6, 1988 | |
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| 1988 Legislative and Administrative Message: A Union of Individuals, January 25, 1988 | |
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| Reagan's Foreign Policy: Peace through Strength, 1980-1983 | |
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| A Strategy for Peace in the Eighties, October 19, 1980 | |
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| Letter to Brezhnev, September 18, 1981 | |
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| Minutes of National Security Council Meeting on Strategy toward Cuba and Central America, November 10, 1981 | |
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| A Public Affairs Program to Support the Administration's Nuclear Policy, May 5, 1982 | |
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| National Security Council, Directive No. 75 on U.S. Relations with the USSR, January 17, 1983 | |
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| "Evil Empire" Speech, March 8, 1983 | |
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| Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, March 23, 1983 | |
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| Setbacks and Victories in Foreign Affairs, 1983-1984 | |
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| Letter to President Reagan, July 28, 1983 | |
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| CBS News/New York Times, Poll on Grenada and Lebanon Conflicts, October 28, 1983 | |
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| Upcoming Movie on ABC, November 17, 1983 | |
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| Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day, June 5, 1984 | |
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| Debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale, October 21, 1984 | |
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| International Negotiations and Covert Missions, 1985-1986 | |
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| Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, March 11, 1985, and Alexander Yakovlev, Memo on Reagan, March 12, 1985 | |
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| Oliver North, Fallback Plan for the Nicaraguan Resistance, March 16, 1985 | |
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| Memo on Conversation between Reagan and Gorbachev and Meeting While Leaders Walk, November 19, 1985 | |
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| Covert Action Finding Regarding Iran, January 17, 1986 | |
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| Address to the Nation on the Situation in Nicaragua, March 16, 1986 | |
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| National Security Scandal and Success, 1986-1988 | |
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| Oval Office Meeting on Iran-Contra, November 10, 1986 | |
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| Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy, March 4, 1987 | |
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| Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987 | |
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| Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and Administration Goals, August 12, 1987 | |
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| Iran-Contra Congressional Reports, November 16, 1987 | |
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| Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, Introduction to Iran-Contra Minority Report, 1987 | |
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| Meeting of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, December 8, 1987 | |
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| Remarks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, December 16, 1988 | |
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| Legacies, 1988-2009 | |
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| Acceptance Speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention, August 18, 1988 | |
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| "New World Order" Speech, September 11, 1990 | |
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| Republican Party Leaders, Contract with America, 1994 | |
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| Statement on Signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of1996, August 22, 1996 | |
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| Acceptance Speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention, August 3,2000 | |
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| Address on the U.S. Response to the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, September 20, 2001 | |
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| Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for Ronald Reagan, June 11,2004 | |
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| Right-Wingers Turn against Bush, February 9,2006 | |
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| A Political Odyssey, August 2,2009 | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| A Chronology of Ronald Reagan and Conservatism (1911-2004) | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |