The Challenger Disaster Reagan's Leadership in Crisis

Yet from a long-term perspective, conservatives achieved an enduring transformation of American politics and society. Liberals did not disappear, but they ... ... do ourselves, without becoming an overwhelming burden on generations still to come. ... The golden-agers of today are the ones who made America great. I want to ... Yet their greatest implication is that of a nation less well prepared to handle a severe energy shortage. The Administration believes this is not a problem, ... During the campaign of 1980, Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess. He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation ... It was Ronald Reagan's happiness, his optimism, his enjoyment of life and his undying belief in the inherent goodness and spirit of the American people that got ... The Reagan boom raised more people out of poverty than any similar boom since World War II, but the economic revival of the mid-1980s did not touch all ... Indeed, by pledging U.S. power and legitimacy to defeating communism in Latin America, Reagan tapped into a deep tradition of asserting U.S. ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... Yet, critics of the government were not sleeping during the era of big government. Academics, conservative think tanks, and political leaders were laying the ... His policies capitalized on public concern about high rates of drug use among American troops returning from Vietnam. Heroin use in particular ...