President Ronald Reagan’s Developing Perspective on Liberty
ABSTRACT
Conferees examined the degree to which the concept of liberty gave Reagan's political policies practical direction and philosophical coherence, with the aim of understanding both the shortfalls and the accomplishments of his presidency and the extent to which they can be related to his ideals of liberty and the free society in America.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Reagan, Ronald. In His Own Hand. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner. New York: Touchstone, 2001.
Reagan, Ronald. A Life in Letters. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner. New York: Free Press, 2003.
Anderson, Martin and Annelise Anderson. Reagan’s Secret War. New York: Crown, 2009.
Buckley, William F. Jr. The Reagan I Knew. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
Olsen, Henry. The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism. New York: Harper Collins/Broadside Books, 2017.
Reagan, Ronald. “Commencement address, University of Notre Dame, May 17, 1981.” Jack Miller Center. https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/may-17-1981-address-university-notre-dame (9/25/2019).
Reagan, Ronald. "A Time for Choosing – October 27, 1964 [Speech for the Goldwater Presidential Campaign] ." The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reaganfoundation.org/pdf/ATimeForChoosing.pdf (May 18, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin (“Tear Down this Wall”) - June 12, 1987.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/061287d.htm (May 18, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. "Farewell Address to the Nation - January 11, 1989." The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1989/011189i.htm (May 18, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “Your America to be Free - June 7, 1957 [Commencement Address at Eureka College] .” ibiblio.org - Chapel Hill, North Carolina. http://www.ibiblio.org/sullivan/CNN/RWR/album/speechmats/america.html (May 18, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “We Will Be A City Upon A Hill - January 25, 1974 [First Conservative Political Action Conference] .” Reagan 2020. http://reagan2020.us/speeches/City_Upon_A_Hill.asp (May 18, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy and Administration Goals - August 12, 1987.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/081287d.htm (May 24, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy - November 13, 1986.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/111386c.htm (May 24, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. “Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy - March 4, 1987.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/030487h.htm (May 24, 2010).
Reagan, Ronald. Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Reagan, Ronald. The Creative Society: Some Comments on Problems Facing America. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1968.