Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future
(2009)
By:
Bunch, William
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.927/BUNCH,W
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Free Press, 2009
EDITION
First Free Press hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
276 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781416597629, 141659762X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Ronald Reagan Boulevard -- A man before myth -- An untaxing burden -- Warrior defused -- Prospero unmasked -- Rolling back Reagan -- Enter the mythmakers -- The great misinterpreter -- Reagan's '08 campaign -- Exorcising Gipper's ghost
Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper's conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America's political and economic situation