| ID | 132121 |
| Title Proper | Reagan's eminence grise |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Merry, Robert W |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | IN 1983, Ronald Reagan awarded James Burnham the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian award. Reagan declared, "As a scholar, writer, historian and philosopher, James Burnham has profoundly affected the way America views itself and the world. . . . Freedom, reason and decency have had few greater champions in this century." With his characteristic smile and tilt of the head, Reagan added, "And I owe him a personal debt, because throughout the years traveling the mash-potato circuit I have quoted you widely." The award's recipient, then seventy-seven, was surely flattered. He was in declining health-his eyesight deteriorating, his short-term memory devastated by a stroke. His professional standing, too, was a far cry from the days when he had stirred up intellectual debate with books that assaulted conventional thinking. |
| `In' analytical Note | National Interest vol. , No.132; Jul-Aug 2014: p.56-66 |
| Journal Source | National Interest vol. , No.132; Jul-Aug 2014: p.56-66 |
| Key Words | Ronald Reagan ; Global Communism ; Communism ; Cold War ; Islamic Fundamentalism ; Henry Kissinger ; America ; Global Power |