The Reagan Revolution A Seismic Shift in American Politics

Are there any good books- impartial or not- that can give me a good overview of what the administration did/how it affected the country? Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. His policies capitalized on public concern about high rates of drug use among American troops returning from Vietnam. Heroin use in particular ... Countless students still read it today. Why? What did Winthrop's sermon do for Perry Miller? And through Miller, what did it do for twentieth-century ... Scott Walker of Wisconsin and David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute, joined The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) on Feb. 1, ... Ronald Reagan gave a speech in 1988 which still resonates for me today. Although one could debate how much impact he had on science and research. 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 ... In reality, he increased government spending, cut taxes and turned the United States from a creditor to a debtor nation. During his presidency, ... Reagan cut the corporate tax rate from 46% to 40% in 1987.6 But the effect of this break was unclear. Reagan changed the tax treatment of many ... Still, Reagan's popularity went up in 1988 when he helped bring an end to the Cold War, a long period of tensions between the United States and the former ...