The Reagan Assassination Attempt Facing Danger and Defining Resilience

Every serious G.O.P. presidential aspirant invokes the glorious era of Ronald Reagan, to which the country must return. Ignore the fact that ... In January 1981 Ronald Reagan took office as President after defeating the incumbent Jimmy Carter the previous November ... faced significant employment barriers. President Reagan had vetoed the bill on March 27, citing a variety of problems, including funding levels that exceeded his request by $10 ... The US during the Carter years faced a crisis of confidence. Americans were grappling with economic turmoil at home and a range of challenges to ... While much of their political partnership was based on smart gamesmanship, Reagan, the Republican, and O'Neill, the Democrat, could put aside ... In 1980, Ronald Reagan is elected. Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. He ... Even after the whole world condemned Saddam Hussein for using chemical weapons to kill over 5,000 Kurdish civilians in Iraq, the Reagan ... When these illegal acts were revealed in November 1986, Reagan suffered a greater one-month plunge in public support (from 67 to 46 per cent) than any president ... ... Ronald Reagan's state funeral as Margaret Thatcher's taped tribute is played ... issues warning about antidepressants after suicide of ... As president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan became embroiled in disputes over the issue of Communism in the film industry; his political views shifted from ...