Reckoning with Reagan [electronic resource] : America and Its President in the 1980s
Schaller, Michael.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1994.
At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had ""found America's sweet spot."" Reagan seemed a ""magician who carries a bright, ideal America like a holograph in his mind and projects its image in the air."" Not since the rhapsody about ""Camelot"" that surrounded John F. Kennedy in the wake of his assassination had a president been spoken of so reverently. Reagan pledged to bring Americans a ""little good news"" and during the next eight years, through recession and recovery, cold war and detente, success and scandal Reagan forged a power
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""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1. The Man on Horseback""; ""Ch01Fn02""; ""Footnotes""; ""Chapter 1: Footnotes""; ""Ch01Fn01""; ""Chapter 2. The Domestic Achievement, 1981-1989""; ""Chapter 2: Footnotes""; ""Ch02Fn01""; ""Chapter 3. Rhetoric, Reality, and Results: The Reagan Years at Home""; ""Chapter 3: Footnotes""; ""Ch03Fn01""; ""Chapter 4. Prophets (Profits) of De-regulation""; ""Chapter 4: Footnotes""; ""Ch04Fn01""; ""Ch04Fn02""; ""Chapter 5. Tall in the Saddle: Reagan and the New Cold War""
""Chapter 6. The Iran-Contra Affair and the "End" of the Cold War""""Chapter 6: Footnotes""; ""Ch06Fn01""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had ""found America's sweet spot."" Reagan seemed a ""magician who carries a bright, ideal America like a holograph in his mind and projects its image in the air."" Not since the rhapsody about ""Camelot"" that surrounded John F. Kennedy in the wake of his assassination had a president been spoken of so reverently. Reagan pledged to bring Americans a ""little good news"" and during the next eight years, through recession and recovery, cold war and detente, success and scandal Reagan forged a power
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reagan, Ronald.
Reagan, Ronald.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.