The Reagan era : a history of the 1980s / Doug Rossinow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 10, 2015).

The time is now -- The agenda -- Victory on Capitol Hill -- An aggressive foreign policy -- The purge -- 1983: the world at the brink -- The high eighties -- Days of fear -- The winner -- Arms and the man -- The crisis -- Strength through peace -- The election of Willie Horton -- The free world -- Top of the heap.

In this concise yet thorough history of America in the 1980s, Doug Rossinow takes the full measure of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the ideology of Reaganism. From the widening gender gap to the triumph of yuppies and rap music; from Reagan's tax cuts and military buildup to the celebrity of Michael Jackson and Madonna; from the era's Wall Street scandals to the successes of Bill Gates and Sam Walton; from the first 'war on terror' to the end of the Cold War, this sober, unsparing account provides a vital perspective on a decade that dramatically altered the American landscape.

In English.

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