The Reagan Era

In this concise but thorough history of America in the 1980s, Doug Rossinow takes the full measure of Ronald Reagans presidency and the ideology of Reaganism. Believers in libertarian economics and a muscular foreign policy, Reaganite conservatives in the 1980s achieved impressive success in their efforts to transform American government, politics, and society, ushering in the political and social system Americans inhabit today

Autorentext
Doug Rossinow, professor of history at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the author of numerous works, including Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oslo and is past president of the Peace History Society.

Zusammenfassung
A definitive account of the efforts by Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and other conservatives to remake American politics, the American economy, and America's approach to the world in a pivotal decade.

Inhalt
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Common Sense1. The Time Is Now2. The Agenda3. Victory on Capitol Hill4. An Aggressive Foreign Policy5. The Purge6. 1983: The World at the Brink7. The High Eighties8. Days of Fear9. The Winner10. Arms and the Man11. The Crisis12. Strength Through Peace13. The Election of Willie Horton14. The Free World15. Top of the HeapNotesIndex

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