{"product_id":"ronald-reagan-an-intellectual-biography-hardcover","title":"Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid T. Byrne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this ambitious work David T. Byrne analyzes the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan's political philosophy and policies. Rather than appraising Reagan's personal and emotional life, Byrne's intellectual biography goes one step further; it establishes a rationale for the former president's motives, discussing how thinkers such as Plato and Adam Smith influenced him. Byrne points to three historical forces that shaped Reagan's political philosophy: Christian values, particularly the concept of a universal kingdom of God; America's firm belief in freedom as the greatest political value and its aversion to strong centralized government; and the appeasement era of World War II, which stimulated Reagan's aggressive and confrontational foreign policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Byrne's account of the fortieth president augments previous work on Reagan with a new model for understanding him. Byrne shows how Reagan took conservatism and the Republican Party in a new direction, departing from the traditional conservatism of Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk. His desire to spread a \"Kingdom of Freedom\" both at home and abroad changed America's political landscape forever and inspired a new conservatism that persists to this day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid T. Byrne \u003c\/b\u003eis an adjunct professor of history at California Baptist University and Santa Monica College. He contributes to the blogs \u003ci\u003eThe American Thinker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrisis: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.51 x 8.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770404340000,"sku":"9781640120037","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/07d373c9b6748861a8018e6187366e45.webp?v=1780370993","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ronald-reagan-an-intellectual-biography-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}