When Things Went Right : The Dawn of the Reagan-Bush Administration /
When Things Went Right is a colorful and insightful portrait of Washington at the beginning of the Reagan-Bush era (November 1980-March 1983) as lived and recorded by an insider in his personal journal. Chase Untermeyer was a Texas state legislator and former journalist when called to national servi...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface. Crossing the Potomac
- Dream job come true, November/December 1980
- Transition, January 1981
- Our little office building, January/March 1981
- The rumor, March 1981
- "The President has been hit!" March/April 1981
- Springtime in Washington, April/June 1981
- Lindbergh's bed, June 1981
- A dinner at Number 10, June 1981
- A rigadón in Manila, June 1981
- Travels with the Vishnu, July/September 1981
- Goose-stepping nurses, soapless in Grand Rapids, and the President of Puerto Rico, September 1981
- The Air Force 2 coup, October 1981
- Shutdown! October/November 1981
- A czar is born, November 1981/January 1982
- In recession America, January/April 1982
- Luncheon with the Emperor, April 1982
- Rimming the Pacific, April/May 1982
- Everything but the quack, May 1982
- Just your typical palace, May/August 1982
- Nonstop to Idaho Falls, September/November 1982
- A funeral in Moscow, via Africa, November 1982
- Job hunting in the (semi- )gloom, November/January 1983
- Mission most important, January/February 1983
- Moving on, February/March 1983
- Afterword. Why things went right.