The Reagan Years

This assessment of the Reagan presidency features contributions from American and British political specialists who examine how Reagan has measured up to the exacting demands of leadership. They examine his management of American institutions (Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet councils and the White House staff), and his popularity. They also assess Reagan's policies in economics - where a revival of growth was balanced by the growth of an enormous deficit - and in foreign affairs, where the revival of detente and the INF Treaty was set against the debacle of Irangate.