Todd Gitlin on how team Bush is running Reagan’s death as a self-tribute; John Hulsman, who met him when he was 16, on why Reagan was a better Republican than today’s President; Siva Vaidhyanathan on how his generation hated growing up under President Feelgood; Godfrey Hodgson, doyen of US historians, sums up the man who persuaded America it was still morning and government was the problem.
Ronald Reagan, the feelgood president
In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan presided over prosperity, destroyed communism, and made Americans feel good about themselves. Is his achievement more myth than reality?
Subscribers can download the ‘Reagan Package’ in PDF format from the link above. This collection includes four contributions from our debate ‘Ronald Reagan, the feelgood president’.
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