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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824111903321

Autore

Black Christine M.

Titolo

Mac Baldrige : the cowboy in Ronald Reagan's cabinet / / Chris Black and B. Jay Cooper ; foreword by President George H. W. Bush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4930-1800-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

352.293092

Soggetti

Cabinet officers - United States

United States Politics and government 1981-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. MAC THE MAN; CHAPTER 2. FIRST YEAR IN THE CABINET; CHAPTER 3. TRADE WARS; CHAPTER 4. JAPAN INC.; CHAPTER 5. INTERNAL RIVALRIES; CHAPTER 6. THE SECOND TERM; CHAPTER 7. TEXTILES, CHINA, AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD; CHAPTER 8. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AT COMMERCE; CHAPTER 9. PLAIN ENGLISH WITH A SIDE OF HUMOR; CHAPTER 10. LEGACY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHORS' NOTE; APPENDIX I. Secretary's Writing Style; APPENDIX II. President Reagan's Eulogy for Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, July 29, 1987, Washington's National Cathedral

APPENDIX III. Letters of Condolenceto Mac's Family

Sommario/riassunto

Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America's position as the number one economy in the world. Manufacturing was in decline; traditional industries were being beaten by foreign competitors; many American industries had grown complacent. President Reagan named Mac Baldrige, a successful industrialist (and card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), Secretary of Commerce to address these economic challenges. This book recounts the Washington career of an American original during the era supporters celebrate as "morning in America.".