Tear down this wall : the Reagan revolution - a National Review history / compiled by the editors of National Review.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reagan, Ronald.

National Review Books.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reagan, Ronald--Political and social views.

Reagan, Ronald.

Reagan, Ronald--Influence.

Political and social views.

United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.

United States.

Politics and government.

Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 197 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, [2004]

Summary:

This book is a unique and substantive tribute to Ronald Reagan, one of the most important figures in U.S. and world history. It includes Reagan's most trenchant speeches as President (?Evil Empire, ? ?Tear down this Wall, ? remarks commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, his farewell to the nation on leaving the Presidency); essential speeches delivered before holding the Office of President (?Rendezvous with Destiny?); all-but-impossible-to-find policy articles written by Reagan for National Review; and words of praise ? old as well as new following Reagan's death ? from William F. Buckley Jr., Margaret Thatcher, Robert Bork, Paul Johnson, Edwin Meese III, Tom Wolfe, and others.

Contents:

Ronald Reagan's Most Important Speeches

"Rendezvous with Destiny" (October 24, 1964) 1

Remarks at the Republican National Convention (August 19, 1976) 9

Speech Announcing Presidential Candidacy (November 13, 1979) 10

Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination for President (July 17, 1980) 17

First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981) 25

Remarks to the National Association of Evangelicals: The "Evil Empire" Speech (March 8, 1983) 30

Remarks Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion (June 6, 1984) 37

Remarks at the U.S. Ranger Monument Commemorating the Normandy Invasion Anniversary (June 6, 1984) 39

Second Inaugural Address (January 21, 1985) 42

Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster (January 28, 1986) 47

Address at the Brandenburg Gate: The "Berlin Wall" Speech (June 12, 1987) 48

Farewell Address (January 11, 1989) 53

Ronald Reagan's National Review Writings and Speeches

Writings

The Republican Party and the Conservative Movement (December 1, 1964) 59

Reflections on the Failure of Proposition #1: On Spending and the Nature of Government (December 7, 1973) 60

Margaret Thatcher and the Revival of the West (May 19, 1989) 67

Speeches

"My Favorite Magazine" 70

The Defense of Freedom and the Metaphysics of Fun 72

The Record: Domestic and Economic Issues, and Campaigns

Ronald Reagan: A Light in the West by Farley Clinton (June 28, 1966) 77

Reagan: A Relaxing View by William F. Buckley Jr. (November 18, 1967) 83

How Ronald Reagan Governed California (January 17, 1975) 94

Slipping Landslide by John Coyne (April 2, 1976) 112

Where's the Rest of Him? by Richard Brookhiser (February 22, 1980) 121

The Real Reagan Record by Alan Reynolds (August 31, 1992) 130

A Lie about Reagan: Anti-Gay Gipper by Deroy Murdoch (December 3, 2002) 138

What Women Wanted by Elaine Donnelly (June 7, 2004) 142

Foreign Affairs

Selections from the Debate: Yes or No on the Panama Treaties (Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley Jr., published in National Review February 17, 1979) 146

Reagan's Leadership, America's Recovery by Margaret Thatcher (December 30, 1988) 160

How Reagan Won the Cold War by Dinesh D'Souza (November 24, 1997) 165

Legacy and Remembrance

Head of the (Middle) Class by Tom Wolfe (August 5, 1988) 174

Only the Start by Robert Bork (August 5, 1988) 175

Socialism's Death Rattle by George Gilder (August 5, 1988) 176

Not the Authorized Biography by John O'Sullivan (October 25, 1999) 178

A Book Unglued by John Podhoretz (October 25, 1999) 183

The Reagan Presidency: A Turning Point in History by Paul Johnson (June 28, 2004) 185

Reagan and the American Psyche by Victor Davis Hanson (June 28, 2004) 187

The Victory of "Reaganomics" by Lawrence Kudlow (June 28, 2004) 189

Two Accusations, Rebutted by Mark Helprin (June 28, 2004) 191

Reagan's Gift of Humor by William A. Rusher (June 28, 2004) 194

At His Side by Edwin Meese III (June 28, 2004) 196.

Notes:

"A National Review book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826416950

OCLC:

56195048