John Ehrman is a foreign affairs analyst for the federal government and an independent scholar specializing in modern American conservatism. His books include The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. Michael W. Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s, and co-author of Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives.

John Ehrman and Michael Flamm have provided an excellent guide to the presidency of Ronald Reagan, one that will help readers understand this important and still controversial period in our recent history.

• IntroductionPart I: Debating the Reagan Presidency: Domestic Politics and IssuesChapter 1: Excerpts from Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)Chapter 2: Excerpts from Economic Report of the President (1985)Chapter 3: Excerpt from Walter Mondale's Speech Accepting the Democratic nomination (July 19, 1984)Chapter 4: Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert H. Bork To Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (July 1, 1987)Chapter 5: Excerpts from Nomination of Robert H. Bork to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate Opening Statement of Robert H. Bork (September 15, 1987)Chapter 6: Excerpts from Farewell Address to the Nation (January 11, 1989)Part II: The Reagan Presidency and Foreign Policy: Controversies and LegaciesChapter 7: Address to the British Parliament (June 8, 1982)Chapter 8: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals (March 8, 1983)Chapter 9: Address to the Nation … on United States-Soviet Relations (January 16, 1984)Chapter 10: Minutes, National Security Planning Group Meeting (June 25, 1984)Chapter 11: Addresses by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention (July 16–19, 1984)Chapter 12: Report of the Tower Commission (February 26, 1987)Chapter 13: Address to the Nation on Iran-Contra (March 4, 1987)Chapter 14: Remarks at Moscow State University (May 31, 1988)Chapter 15: Address to the United Nations by Mikhail Gorbachev (December 7, 1988)Bibliography

John Ehrman is a foreign affairs analyst for the federal government and an independent scholar specializing in modern American conservatism. His books include The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. Michael W. Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s, and co-author of Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives.

John Ehrman and Michael Flamm have provided an excellent guide to the presidency of Ronald Reagan, one that will help readers understand this important and still controversial period in our recent history.

• IntroductionPart I: Debating the Reagan Presidency: Domestic Politics and IssuesChapter 1: Excerpts from Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)Chapter 2: Excerpts from Economic Report of the President (1985)Chapter 3: Excerpt from Walter Mondale's Speech Accepting the Democratic nomination (July 19, 1984)Chapter 4: Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert H. Bork To Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (July 1, 1987)Chapter 5: Excerpts from Nomination of Robert H. Bork to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate Opening Statement of Robert H. Bork (September 15, 1987)Chapter 6: Excerpts from Farewell Address to the Nation (January 11, 1989)Part II: The Reagan Presidency and Foreign Policy: Controversies and LegaciesChapter 7: Address to the British Parliament (June 8, 1982)Chapter 8: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals (March 8, 1983)Chapter 9: Address to the Nation … on United States-Soviet Relations (January 16, 1984)Chapter 10: Minutes, National Security Planning Group Meeting (June 25, 1984)Chapter 11: Addresses by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention (July 16–19, 1984)Chapter 12: Report of the Tower Commission (February 26, 1987)Chapter 13: Address to the Nation on Iran-Contra (March 4, 1987)Chapter 14: Remarks at Moscow State University (May 31, 1988)Chapter 15: Address to the United Nations by Mikhail Gorbachev (December 7, 1988)Bibliography

John Ehrman is a foreign affairs analyst for the federal government and an independent scholar specializing in modern American conservatism. His books include The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. Michael W. Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s, and co-author of Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives.

John Ehrman and Michael Flamm have provided an excellent guide to the presidency of Ronald Reagan, one that will help readers understand this important and still controversial period in our recent history.

• IntroductionPart I: Debating the Reagan Presidency: Domestic Politics and IssuesChapter 1: Excerpts from Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)Chapter 2: Excerpts from Economic Report of the President (1985)Chapter 3: Excerpt from Walter Mondale's Speech Accepting the Democratic nomination (July 19, 1984)Chapter 4: Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert H. Bork To Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (July 1, 1987)Chapter 5: Excerpts from Nomination of Robert H. Bork to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate Opening Statement of Robert H. Bork (September 15, 1987)Chapter 6: Excerpts from Farewell Address to the Nation (January 11, 1989)Part II: The Reagan Presidency and Foreign Policy: Controversies and LegaciesChapter 7: Address to the British Parliament (June 8, 1982)Chapter 8: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals (March 8, 1983)Chapter 9: Address to the Nation … on United States-Soviet Relations (January 16, 1984)Chapter 10: Minutes, National Security Planning Group Meeting (June 25, 1984)Chapter 11: Addresses by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention (July 16–19, 1984)Chapter 12: Report of the Tower Commission (February 26, 1987)Chapter 13: Address to the Nation on Iran-Contra (March 4, 1987)Chapter 14: Remarks at Moscow State University (May 31, 1988)Chapter 15: Address to the United Nations by Mikhail Gorbachev (December 7, 1988)Bibliography