The America That Reagan Built

This is a whistle-stop survey of American politics from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush with visits to poll results biennial elections political crises and policy questions of the past twenty-five years. It touches on numerous aspects of American political life as well as economics art literature science society fads and customs that changed with the culture of the country. The story is told in terms of the presidents who shaped and led the nation the elections that brought and kept them in power and the dozens of people who collectively played a part in helping mold the national experience from 1980 to 2005.