Ronald Reagan and the 1980s: Perceptions, Policies, Legacies

by Gareth Davies and Cheryl Hudson

By the end of the 1980s, many Americans looked at the state of the nation with a renewed optimism. America was the world's only superpower, Communism had been defeated, the economic misery and inflation of the late 1970s and early 1980s had given way to prosperity and vast global wealth, and a new swashbuckling patriotism had entered into the public imagination. This patriotism and optimism was personified by an enduring American president--Ronald...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230603025
• ISBN13: 9780230603028
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"