This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of  William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801  and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from  1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events.

The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim

History

Ehrman, John

Europe

Dutton

The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim (v. 1)

Little,Brown

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Younger Pitt (Biography & Memoirs) (v. 3)

Biographies & Memoirs

Constable and Co. Ltd

The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1994

A small group of neoconservatives―Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Norman Podhoretz, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and others―has had an influence on American politics that far outweighs their numbers. This book is the first discussion of their impact on foreign policy. John Ehrman tells how the neoconservative movement evolved out of the broad anticommunist coalition that dominated American liberalism from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. The neoconservatives continued to advance hardline anticommunism, gradually broke with what they viewed as liberalism's and the Democratic Party's dangerous turn to the left during the 1970s, and regained their influence as part of Reagan's conservative coalition during the 1980s. John Ehrman traces the neoconservatives' shift from cold-war liberalism to conservatism, focusing on the careers and thinking of the most intellectually and politically important members―especially Moynihan, whose political and intellectual careers are here analyzed for the first time. Ehrman shows how the neoconservatives who held office under President Reagan tried to reinforce the administration's anticommunist outlook while also moving it toward a policy of actively assisting foreign governments and groups trying to develop democratic institutions of their own. Ehrman corrects many misconceptions about neoconservatives, illustrates the differences among them, and traces the consistencies in their foreign policy thinking. He also examines their successes and failures in translating their concepts into political action, and analyzes their place in both modern American liberalism and the conservative movement.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Yale University Press

During the Reagan years, Americans witnessed an extraordinary array of changes, from major technological advances to sweeping revisions of the tax code to the deregulation of major industries and the advent of the culture wars. America emerged from the decade completely transformed: political and social arrangements derived from postWorld War II liberalism had given way to the highly competitive, fast-changing, technology-driven society we know today. In The Eighties, John Ehrman tracks this transformation in the context of Ronald Reagan’s policies and convictions and examines the broader trends that enabled Reagan to achieve so much of his agenda. At a time when most Americans remained fairly centrist in their political commitments, Reagan was able to shift policy toward the right by building support for a few key policies. His gradualist approach met with little opposition from Democrats, who failed to mount a coherent response. Based on a broad range of primary source material, The Eighties offers an accessible and balanced account of a watershed decade in American history.

The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan

Americas

A decade—and a president—that transformed America. During the Reagan years, Americans witnessed an extraordinary array of changes, from major technological advances to sweeping revisions of the tax code to the deregulation of major industries and the advent of the culture wars. America emerged from the decade completely transformed: political and social arrangements derived from post–World War II liberalism had given way to the highly competitive, fast-changing, technology-driven society we know today. In The Eighties, John Ehrman tracks this transformation in the context of Ronald Reagan’s policies and convictions and examines the broader trends that enabled Reagan to achieve so much of his agenda. At a time when most Americans remained fairly centrist in their political commitments, Reagan was able to shift policy toward the right by building support for a few key policies. His gradualist approach met with little opposition from Democrats, who failed to mount a coherent response. Based on a broad range of primary source material, The Eighties offers an accessible and balanced account of a watershed decade in American history.

Debating the Reagan Presidency (Debating Twentieth-Century America)

The presidency of Ronald Reagan has become a Rorschach Test for politicians and citizens alike. While many conservatives see the Reagan era of the 1980s as the high-water mark for their movement and a time of national recovery from the difficulties of the 1970s, many liberals maintain that the rosy Reagan legacy is based largely on myth, and that in fact his eight years as president caused serious harm to the country. John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm give due attention to the lasting controversies surrounding the Reagan record and provide a balanced view of the fortieth president's foreign and domestic policies. Students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions by reading key primary documents.

Flamm, Michael W.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The second volume of Mr. Ehrman's trilogy is a collection of essays, not on Pitt but on what may be thought of as his context, or "times".  The "times" are roughly the years from 1789 to 1796, a dismal slice of Pitt's career.  Includes a detailed and mainly narrative account of the war and the negotiations before and during it, hampered at every stage by communications that could not keep pace with continually changing situations in France and the rest of Europe.  Pitt's misjudgments are well known: his stubborn belief that the war would be short because France was on the verge of internal collapse and his attempt to treat the war as a continuation of the colonial struggle with France.

The Younger Pitt: The Reluctant Transition

Stanford Univ Pr

Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim

This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events: unrest and disaffection at home, French preparations for invasion, Pitt's sudden resignation in 1801, Nelson dying in the hours of victory at Trafalgar, Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz over Britain's allies, and, finally, Pitt's death at the lowest point in his career.

The Younger Pitt: The Consuming Struggle (Volume 3)

Leaders & Notable People

Stanford University Press

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The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim

The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim (v. 1)

Younger Pitt (Biography & Memoirs) (v. 3)

The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1994

The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan

The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan

Debating the Reagan Presidency (Debating Twentieth-Century America)

The Younger Pitt: The Reluctant Transition

Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim

The Younger Pitt: The Consuming Struggle (Volume 3)