The Reagan Paradox: The Conservative Icon and Today's GOP

by Lou Cannon, The Editors of TIME, Joe Scarborough (Introduction)

Overview

Long known as "The Great Communicator," Ronald Reagan has been credited with leading an ideological renaissance of the Republican Party and has become an icon to many Republicans and party leaders.

Now, ten years following his death, and twenty-five years following the end of his two terms in office, the man who was credited with so much, including "Reaganomics," ending the Cold War, and "The War on Drugs," has become the ideological standard-bearer for a party that bears little resemblance to the one that he helped to define. So much so, that in hindsight, many of his views and policies appear to be centrist in comparison.

This provides the perfect opportunity for The Editors of TIME magazine, in conjunction with many highly-regarded and well-respected writers and journalists familiar with Reagan, including Lou Cannon, Jon Meacham, Nick Clooney, Bob Spitz, and more with an introduction by Joe Scarborough, to examine the man, the politician, and the President, and the paradox of an ideological hero who no longer represents the party that he helped to define, or in fact, does he?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618933836
Publisher:	TIME USA
Publication date:	09/16/2014
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 8.22(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Carl M. Cannon is the White House correspondent for National Journal, the author of "The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War," and co-author of "Boy Genius: Karl Rove, The Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs," He lives in Washington, D.C. Lou Cannon covered Ronald Reagan for thirty-six years, first as a reporter for the "San Jose Mercury News," later as "The Washington Post" White House correspondent. The author of five other books on Reagan including "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime," he lives in Summerland, California.

Joe Scarborough can be seen nightly as the host of Scarborough Country on MSNBC. He served as a member of Congress from 1994 to 2001 and currently resides in Pensacola, Florida, with his wife and three children.