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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Untermeyer, Chase, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2013.
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.