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<p>In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a televised speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. The Speech, as it has come to be known, helped launch Ronald Reagan as a leading force in the American conservative movement. However, less than twenty years earlier, Reagan was a prominent Hollywood liberal, the president of the Screen Actors Guild, and a fervent supporter of FDR and Harry Truman. While many agree that Reagan's anticommunism grew out of his experiences with the Hollywood communists of the late 1940s, the origins of his conservative ideology have remained obscure.</p><p>Based on a newly discovered collection of private papers as well as interviews and corporate documents, <i>The Education of Ronald Reagan</i> offers new insights into Reagan's ideological development and his political ascendancy. Thomas W. Evans links the eight years (1954-1962) in which Reagan worked for General Electric-acting as host of its television program, <i>GE Theater</i>, and traveling the country as the company's public-relations envoy-to his conversion to conservatism.</p><p>In particular, Evans reveals the profound influence of GE executive Lemuel Boulware, who would

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Author

Thomas W. Evans

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231138604

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Political Science

Rating

4.7 / 5 (53 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14