The age of Reagan
Subtitle: America from Watergate to the War on Terror
By: Sean Wilentz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780060744809
Subjects: Reagan, Ronald -- Influence; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prologue: July 4, 1976; title: Memories of the Ford administration; title: Detente and its discontents; title: Jimmy Carter and the agonies of anti-politics; title: Human rights and democratic collapse; title: New morning; title: Confronting the Evil Empire; title: "Call it mysticism if you will"; title: "We have an undercover thing" : the Iran-Contra Affair; title: "Another time, another era"; title: Realism and Reaganism; title: The politics of Clintonism; title: Clinton's comeback; title: Animosities and interest : the Clinton impeachment; title: Epilogue: October 13, 2001.