Morning in America How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s

"I thoroughly enjoyed every single chapter of "Morning in America"! Gil Troy has written a wonderful book: important, full of fresh insights, and fun to read. I especially like how he weaves the cultural phenomena of the time with Reagan's personal qualities and influence, showing how Reagan was affected by the culture around him and how he changed it."--Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, "60 Minutes""Bravo! Gil Troy's readable, entertaining, and compelling book does a masterful job of capturing the challenges Ronald Reagan and I faced in office. This superb book's original insight into the linkage between politics and culture not only explains what happened during Reagan's presidency and the 1980s, it offers essential insight into the continuing debates about the key challenges facing North Americans today."--The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Former Prime Minister of Canada"Lively and insightful; will equally fascinate admirers and detractors of the Reagan presidency."--David Frum, author of "How We Got Here: The 70s--The Decade That Brought You Modern Life""This fast-paced, consistently readable book successfully combines two difficult tasks. It is at once a first-rate interpretive presidential history and a stimulating exposition of the culture of the 1980s. Troy has given us a sweeping, balanced--and indispensable--account of the Reagan Era."--Alonzo L. Hamby, Ohio University, author of "For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s""This remarkable book is well structured, replete with insight and fresh interpretations, nuanced, and written with verve and passion. Reading it was both thoroughly enjoyable and thoroughlyinformative."--Bruce Schulman, Boston University, author of "The Seventies"Troy, Gil is the author of 'Morning in America How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s', published 2007 under ISBN 9780691130606 and ISBN 0691130604.