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02308aam a22003258a 4500 001 A0963B7AE88211ECA877144335ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220610010025 008 090831r20092008nyu 000 0beng 020 $a 0465018025 020 $a 9780465018024 035 $a (OCoLC)316825654 040 $a UKM $b eng $c UKM $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d SILO 082 04 $a 973.927092 $2 22 100 1 $a Buckley, William F., $c Jr., $d 1925-2008. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79065205. 245 14 $a The Reagan I knew / $c William F. Buckley, Jr. 263 $a 200911. 264 1 $a New York : $b BasicBooks ; $c 2008. 300 $a 279 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings, while Reagan brought the conservative movement into the White House. 520 $a They met in 1961 when Reagan introduced a speech by Buckley. When nobody could turn on the microphone, Reagan climbed out a window, walked along a ledge to the locked control room, broke in, and flipped the correct switch. Buckley later described this moment as "a nifty allegory of Reagan's approach to foreign policy: the calm appraisal of a situation, the willingness to take risks, and then the decisive moment leading to lights and sound." 520 $a For over thirty years, the two men shared jokes and vacations, advised each other on politics, and counseled each other's children. The Reagan I Knew traces the evolution of an extraordinary friendship between two American political giants. 600 10 $a Reagan, Ronald. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059562. 600 10 $a Reagan, Ronald $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005818. $x Friends and associates. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005818. 600 10 $a Buckley, William F., $c Jr., $d 1925-2008. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79065205. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106470. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049. 941 $a 1 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20220610010248.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0963B7AE88211ECA877144335ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search