Reckoning with Reagan America and Its President in The 1980s

Name: Reckoning with Reagan America and Its President in The 1980s
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ISBN: 9780195090499

ISBN-10: 0195090497

ISBN-13: 9780195090499

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: Michael Schaller

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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 powerful bond with the public. His popularity appeared so unrelated to actual achievements and so undiminished…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/4/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.94" wide x 5.83" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface



The Man on Horseback



The Domestic Achievement, 1981-1989



Rhetoric, Reality, and Results: The Reagan Years at Home



Prophets (profits) of De-Regulation



Tall in the Saddle: Reagan and the New Cold War



The Iran-Contra Affair and the End"""" of the Cold War""""


Conclusion


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index