The age of Reagan: a history, 1974-2008

Introduction

Prologue: July 4, 1976

Memories of the Ford administration

Détente and its discontents

Jimmy Carter and the agonies of anti-politics

Human rights and democratic collapse

New morning

Confronting the Evil Empire

"Call it mysticism if you will"

"We have an undercover thing" : the Iran-Contra Affair

"Another time, another era"

Reaganism and realism

The politics of Clintonism

Clinton's comeback

Animosities and interest : the impeachment of Clinton

Irreparable harm : the election of 2000

Epilogue: October 13, 2001.