The Resource Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure, Scott Farris
Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure, Scott Farris
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The item Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure, Scott Farris represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Houston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- It's been more than fifty years since JFK's assassination and a quarter century since Ronald Reagan left the White House, yet the two men remain the beaux ideals of what the left and the right believe a president should be, and of how a president should look, sound, and act. But has popular memory, in service to contemporary causes, distorted what the legacies of each man actually are? Political historian Scott Farris offers a comparative biography that explores Kennedy's and Reagan's contemporaneous lives from birth until 1960, showing how the experiences, attitudes, and skills developed by each man later impacted his presidency. Tackling key issues of each president's time in office -- civil rights, religion, nuclear brinkmanship, etc. -- he also considers how their dealings around each issue compare and contrast. Finally, Farris provides an explanation for why the American public, pundits, and politicians consistently rank Kennedy and Reagan among the greatest presidents in history, while historians do not
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The 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
- Isbn
- 9780762781447
- Label
- Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure
- Title
- Kennedy and Reagan
- Title remainder
- why their legacies endure
- Statement of responsibility
- Scott Farris
- Title variation
- Kennedy & Reagan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's been more than fifty years since JFK's assassination and a quarter century since Ronald Reagan left the White House, yet the two men remain the beaux ideals of what the left and the right believe a president should be, and of how a president should look, sound, and act. But has popular memory, in service to contemporary causes, distorted what the legacies of each man actually are? Political historian Scott Farris offers a comparative biography that explores Kennedy's and Reagan's contemporaneous lives from birth until 1960, showing how the experiences, attitudes, and skills developed by each man later impacted his presidency. Tackling key issues of each president's time in office -- civil rights, religion, nuclear brinkmanship, etc. -- he also considers how their dealings around each issue compare and contrast. Finally, Farris provides an explanation for why the American public, pundits, and politicians consistently rank Kennedy and Reagan among the greatest presidents in history, while historians do not
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Farris, Scott
- Dewey number
-
- 973.09/9
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E176.1
- LC item number
- .F24 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Kennedy, John F.
- Reagan, Ronald
- Presidents
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure, Scott Farris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The 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
- Control code
- ocn854956941
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780762781447
- Lccn
- 2013029119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)854956941
- (Sirsi) a1720250
- Label
- Kennedy and Reagan : why their legacies endure, Scott Farris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The 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
- Control code
- ocn854956941
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780762781447
- Lccn
- 2013029119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)854956941
- (Sirsi) a1720250
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