TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilentz,Sean
TI  - The age of Reagan: a history, 1974-2008 
SN  - 9780060744809
AV  - E839.5 .W664 2008
U1  - 973.927 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper
KW  - Reagan, Ronald
KW  - Political culture
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-543) and index; Introduction -- Prologue: July 4, 1976 -- Memories of the Ford administration -- Dâetente and its discontents -- Jimmy Carter and the agonies of anti-politics -- Human rights and democratic collapse -- New morning -- Confronting the Evil Empire -- "Call it mysticism if you will" -- "We have an undercover thing" : the Iran-Contra Affair -- "Another time, another era" -- Reaganism and realism -- The politics of Clintonism -- Clinton's comeback -- Animosities and interest : the impeachment of Clinton -- Irreparable harm : the election of 2000 -- Epilogue: October 13, 2001
N2  - Wilentz, the eminent Princeton historian, argues that for the past thirty-five years U.S. political history has been defined by the new politics of conservatism brokered by its major powerhorse, Ronald Reagan.  Following an analysis of Reagan's presidency, Wilentz concludes that Reagan not only transformed the stage of geopolitics, but also the American judiciary and government bureaucracy, while lifting the hearts of Americans who lived through Vietnam and Carter years
ER  -