Paul G. Kengor (born December 6, 1966) is an author and professor of political science at Grove City College, a private Christian

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in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He is the executive director of Institute for Faith and Freedom, a Grove City College conservative think tank/policy center. He is also a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, a conservative think tank at

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. Kengor has focused much of his work on

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

, faith and the presidency, conservative politics, the

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, the communist movement, and

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Education

Kengor received his master's degree from the

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and his doctorate from the

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Career

Kengor has done work for the

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and the conservative think tanks, the Heritage Foundation and the

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; and has served on the editorial board of

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. He does a regular commentary for three nationally syndicated radio programs: American Radio Journal, Moody Broadcasting, and Ave Maria Radio Network/CatholicExchange.com. He also writes for the conservative ''

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''. ''

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'', a film based upon his books about

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, is set to be released in 2023.

Writings

* ''Wreath Layer or Policy Player?''.

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, 2002. * ''The Reagan Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Legacy'', with Peter Schweizer, et al.

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, 2005 * ''God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life''. Harper Perennial, 2005. * ''God and George W. Bush: A Spiritual Life''. Harper Perennial, 2005. * ''The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism''. New York:

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, 2006. * ''The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand''. with Patricia Clark Doerner. Ft. Collins, CO:

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, 2007. * ''God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life''. New York: Harper, 2007. * ''Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century''. Wilmington, Del: ISI Books, 2010. * ''The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mentor''. Mercury Radio Arts Publishing, 2012. * ''All The Dupes Fit To Print: Journalists Who Have Served As Tools Of Communist Propaganda'', with Cliff Kincaid. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. * ''11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative''.

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, 2014. * ''Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed'', with Jeffrey L. Chidester, et al.

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, 2015. * ''Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage''. WND Books, 2015. * ''A Pope and A President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century.'' ISI Books, 2017. * ''The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism''.

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, 2017. * ''The Divine Plan: Reagan, John Paul II and the Dramatic End of the Cold War''. With Robert Orlando. ISI Books, 2019. * ''The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration''. TAN Books, 2020. * ''The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption'', with Mary Nicholas. TAN Books, 2022.

References

External links

Simon and Schuster official author page

Paul G. Kengor, Ph.D.
page at the Center for Vision and Values
Paul G. Kengor, Ph.D.
page at the Grove City College * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kengor, Paul Living people American political writers American Roman Catholics American male non-fiction writers American University School of International Service alumni Conservatism in the United States Right-wing politics in the United States Grove City College University of Pittsburgh alumni 1966 births