Ronald Reagan: Understanding Reagan’s Life, Accomplishments, and Legacy

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Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
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Dr. Steven F. Hayward is the author of the celebrated two-part biography The Age of Reagan, which Reagan adviser William Niskanen called “the best history of the Reagan presidency.” He is an accomplished scholar and public intellectual who has taught and held fellowships at Georgetown University, UC Berkeley, and the American Enterprise Institute. Now you can absorb Hayward’s fascinating insights on Reagan’s life and legacy through this compelling 12-lecture audio course.

Dr. Hayward combines an engaging teaching style with his deep knowledge of Reagan’s life. The result is a fascinating portrait of a poor boy from Illinois who became a Hollywood movie star, eloquent speaker, and one of the greatest presidents of the United States. Traveling with Dr. Hayward from Reagan’s childhood through his involvement in the end of the Cold War as US president, you’ll gain an exhaustive understanding of Reagan as a one-of-a-kind historical figure.

Reagan has taken his place alongside Franklin Roosevelt as one of the most consequential presidents of the twentieth century, and as the dominant influence in the modern Republican Party. Dr. Hayward’s passionate lectures reveal the breadth of Reagan’s

Dr. Steven F. Hayward is the author of the celebrated two-part biography The Age of Reagan, which Reagan adviser William Niskanen called “the best history of the Reagan presidency.” He is an accomplished scholar and public intellectual who has taught and held fellowships at Georgetown University, UC Berkeley, and the American Enterprise Institute. Now you can absorb Hayward’s fascinating insights on Reagan’s life and legacy through this compelling 12-lecture audio course.

Dr. Hayward combines an engaging teaching style with his deep knowledge of Reagan’s life. The result is a fascinating portrait of a poor boy from Illinois who became a Hollywood movie star, eloquent speaker, and one of the greatest presidents of the United States. Traveling with Dr. Hayward from Reagan’s childhood through his involvement in the end of the Cold War as US president, you’ll gain an exhaustive understanding of Reagan as a one-of-a-kind historical figure.

Reagan has taken his place alongside Franklin Roosevelt as one of the most consequential presidents of the twentieth century, and as the dominant influence in the modern Republican Party. Dr. Hayward’s passionate lectures reveal the breadth of Reagan’s accomplishments and influence, including his landmark meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev, his distinctive conservative ideology, and his commitment to protecting the rights of the American people.
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Dr. Steven F. Hayward holds a Ph.D. in American studies from the Claremont Graduate School and is currently the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute.  Dr. Hayward writes and comments on a wide range of public policy issues, including environmental issues. He has published biographies of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, and of Winston Churchill. His articles and writings have been published in The Weekly Standard, National Review, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many more.

As of January 2010, Dr. Hayward is an Earhart Fellow and the Olive Garvey Fellow of the Mont Pelerin Society, as well as adjunct fellow of the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs.

Dr. Hayward is the author of The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order (2001, Prima Publishing) and the follow-up, The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989 (2009, Crown Forum).

  • Reagan’s Childhood and Upbringing
  • Reagan’s Early Career: From Iowa Radio to Hollywood, 1937 - 1948
  • Reagan Runs for Governor
  • Reagan Runs for President and Becomes a National Political Force
  • Reagan Runs for President in 1976 
  • The Wilderness Years and Reagan’s 1980 Campaign
  • Reagan Takes Charge: Domestic Policy in the First Term
  • Reagan’s Foreign Policy Grand Strategy
  • 1983: The Hinge Year of Reagan’s Presidency
  • Reagan’s Re-Election and Beginning of Second Term
  • The Cold War Reaches Its Climax
  • Reagan’s Legacy

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