The Reagan Presidency
Subtitle: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies
Contributors: W. Elliot Brownlee (Editor); Hugh Davis Graham (Editor)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780700612680
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political leaders & leadership; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History & Theory - General; Conservatism; United States; History; History - U.S.; Politics and government; History: American; USA; Government - Executive Branch; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; Reagan, Ronald; 1981-1989; Political and social views; Pragmatism
First sentence: A public philosophy has been usefully defined as "an outlook on public affairs which is accepted within a nation by a wide coalition and which serves to give definition to problems and direction to government policies dealing with them."