LEADER 04037oam 2200529 450 001 9910778150503321 005 20170523091615.0 010 $a1-281-08256-2 010 $a9786611082567 010 $a1-85109-886-0 035 $a(OCoLC)191748351 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MFH 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475457 100 $a20070425d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Reagan era from the Iran crisis to Kosovo /$fRodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson, editors 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cABC-CLIO$d2008 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 259 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aTurning points--actual and alternate histories 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a1-85109-885-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Contributors; Introduction; 1 The 1980 Election; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 2 Reaganomics; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 3 Euromissiles; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 4 Shooting of the President; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading 327 $a5 "Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Gorbachev"Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 6 The Gorbachev Coup; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 7 Iran-Contra Affair; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 8 Roe v. Wade; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 9 George H. W. Bush 327 $aIntroductionTurning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 10 The Persian Gulf War; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 11 Kosovo; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; Appendix I; Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate; Appendix II; Iran-Contra: The Underlying Facts; Chronology of the Reagan Era; Resources; Index 330 $aTurning Pointso?Actual and Alternate Histories: The Reagan Era explores a time which saw the rise of the political conservatism that has dominated U.S. politics in recent years, as well as the end of the Cold War that drove American foreign policy for nearly a half century.||What if Jimmy Carter had successfully navigated the energy shortage and the Iranian hostage crisis? What if the assassination attempt on Reagan had succeed? What if Irann?Contra had not become a scandal? These are among the specific topics examined in |The Reagan Era, which looks at 11 crucial events and speculates on the ef 410 0$aTurning points--actual and alternate histories. 606 $aImaginary histories 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1981-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-1993 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1981-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-1993 615 0$aImaginary histories. 676 $a973.927 702 $aCarlisle$b Rodney P. 702 $aGolson$b J. Geoffrey 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778150503321 996 $aThe Reagan era from the Iran crisis to Kosovo$93872704 997 $aUNINA