This course examines the lives, character, political thought and political practice of two of America's leading thinkers and statesmen, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. The sources and circumstances of the political philosophy of each will be surveyed, along with an assessment of where each succeeded and failed to attain his objectives, and areas where a full verdict is more difficult to reach.
Instructors: Jean Edward Smith is John Marshall Professor of Political Science at Marshall University and author of numerous books, including Grant, and John Marshall: Definer of a Nation. His latest book is FDR. Steven Hayward is F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order.