MORNING IN AMERICA
The Reagan Revolution and the Conservative Ascendancy, 1980-1988By Stephen Leonard Greer
Length6h 31m
About this audiobook
**"Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem."** With one line, Ronald Reagan rewired American politics — and we're still living inside the world he built.
Yet most of us know only the cartoon version. To one side, Reagan is a flawless hero; to the other, a villain. The cable-news shouting match has buried the real story: how a former actor took a nation gripped by stagflation, gas lines, and self-doubt and launched a revolution that reshaped the economy, the Cold War, and the Republican Party for forty years. If you want to truly understand modern America — your taxes, your politics, your divided country — you have to understand the 1980s. And the soundbites won't get you there.
This book will.
**MORNING IN AMERICA: The Reagan Revolution and the Conservative Ascendancy, 1980–1988** gives you the complete, clear-eyed story — the triumphs, the scandals, and the lasting consequences — without the spin from either side.
**Inside, you will discover:**
* **HOW** the Reagan Revolution dismantled the New Deal consensus and remade the American economy
* **WHY** "Reaganomics" — tax cuts, deficits, and deregulation — still shapes your paycheck today
* **HOW** Reagan confronted the "Evil Empire" and helped bring the Cold War to an end
* **THE TRUTH** about Iran-Contra, the AIDS crisis, and the War on Drugs
* **WHY** the conservative ascendancy of the 1980s still defines our politics decades later
This isn't partisan cheerleading or a hit piece. It's the real Reagan era — morning and shadow alike — laid out so you can judge for yourself.
To understand America today, start with the Reagan Revolution.
**Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to begin MORNING IN AMERICA today.**
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Author’s Note
3Prologue: The City on a Hill
4PART ONE: THE ROAD TO REAGAN (1964-1980)
5Chapter 1: Goldwater's Heir — Reagan's Rise in the Conservative Movement
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6Chapter 2: The Seventies Crisis — Stagflation, Malaise, and the Carter Years
7Chapter 3: The New Right — Evangelicals, Neoconservatives, and the Coalition
8Chapter 4: The Election of 1980 — Reagan's Landslide and the Conservative Mandate
9PART TWO: REAGANOMICS (1981-1984)
10Chapter 5: Supply-Side Economics — Tax Cuts, Deficits, and the Theory
11Chapter 6: Breaking PATCO — Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and Labor
12Chapter 7: Deregulation — Loosening Government's Hold on the Economy
13Chapter 8: The Recession of 1981-1982 and the Recovery
14PART THREE: REAGAN'S COLD WAR (1981-1989)
15Chapter 9: The Evil Empire — Reagan's Confrontational Cold War Stance
16Chapter 10: The Reagan Doctrine — Arming Anti-Communist Rebels Worldwide
17Chapter 11: SDI — Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and Its Impact
18Chapter 12: Gorbachev — The Summit Diplomacy That Helped End the Cold War
19PART FOUR: THE REAGAN DOMESTIC AGENDA
20Chapter 13: Social Conservatism — The Moral Majority and the Culture Wars
21Chapter 14: The War on Drugs — Nancy Reagan, Crack Cocaine, and Just Say No
22Chapter 15: The AIDS Crisis — Reagan's Silence and Its Human Cost
23Chapter 16: Iran-Contra — The Scandal That Almost Brought Down the Presidency
24PART FIVE: THE MAN AND HIS PRESIDENCY
25Chapter 17: Ronald Reagan — Actor, Governor, President
26Chapter 18: The Reagan Style — Communication, Optimism, and the Great Communicator
27Chapter 19: Nancy Reagan — The First Lady's Influence
28Chapter 20: The 1984 Landslide — Morning in America and the Campaign
29PART SIX: LEGACIES
30Chapter 21: The Reagan Revolution — What Changed and What Didn't
31Chapter 22: Income Inequality — The Long Economic Legacy of the Eighties
32Chapter 23: The End of the Cold War — How Much Credit Belongs to Reagan?
33Chapter 24: Reagan's America — The Conservative Era and Its Consequences
34Epilogue: What Reagan Built
35Acknowledgments
36Selected Bibliography
37About the Author
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