The Iran-Contra Affair Unraveling Reagan's Secret Arms Deal

During Ronald Reagan's presidency, there were several controversies that arose. Some of the more notable ones include: The Iran-Contra affair, in which ... The biographer is faced with a distinctive challenge when he has ... controversy today, as the wide range of historical literature shows. A bad actor a worse president. A tool of the Koch brothers. In 8 years turned our nation from the largest creditor nation on earth into the ... When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the domestic challenges of inflation, unemployment, interest rates and energy shortages dominated the ... At the beginning of Reagan's presidency the US was facing high inflation and high unemployment rates. Reagan's economic policies known as “reaganomics' ' ... In Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address, referring in 1981 to economic problems the nation faced at the time, he famously said that ... The Reagan Revolution of 1981 was not a conventional shift in legislative priorities and personnel; it was an intellectual challenge that undermined ... Calling upon mythic America. Franklin Roosevelt had called upon the myth of the American pioneer to give faith that our problems could be overcome. Political ... Reagan's economic policies were controversial but largely effective in addressing the challenges faced by the U.S. economy at the time. His administration's ... The paradox of President Reagan's leadership was that his certainty about simple problems ... Reagan was faced with a serious, substantive disagreement ...