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A brief, but comprehensive account of the historical contours of a remarkable decade. The Eighties provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the history of the 1980s and the profound changes that occurred in American society and elsewhere during the decade. Through thoughtful analyses of United States politics, popular culture, technological changes, gender and race relations, the Reagan Administration and other aspects of the 1980s, Palermo provides readers with an understanding of the complexity and nuance of the 1980s. Note: MySearchLa... MORE

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Moment You Know	p. x
MySearchLab Connections: Sources Online	p. xi
Introduction: The Demise of the Me Decade	p. 1
America Held Hostage	p. 1
Ronald Reagan	p. 3
Governor Reagan	p. 5
Presidential Candidate	p. 7
The 1980 Campaign	p. 9
Review Questi... MOREons	p. 11
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 11
The Reagan Revolution	p. 13
Assassination Attempt	p. 13
Reagan and the Press	p. 14
Reagan in Power	p. 15
Deregulation	p. 20
The New Economic Orthodoxy	p. 22
The Environment	p. 24
Review Questions	p. 28
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 28
Foreign Policy in Reagan's First Term	p. 31
Foreign Policy	p. 31
Central America	p. 34
Nuclear Freeze/Strategic Defense Initiative	p. 38
Lebanon	p. 42
Grenada	p. 45
Review Questions	p. 46
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 47
Rainbow Politics and Social Movements	p. 49
The Opposition in 1984	p. 49
Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition	p. 51
Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro	p. 54
Race Relations	p. 56
The ERA, Feminism, and Backlash	p. 61
Hiv/Aids	p. 66
Review Questions	p. 68
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 69
Popular Culture and the Culture Wars	p. 71
Technology and Popular Culture	p. 71
The Parents Music Resource Council	p. 75
Madonna and Springsteen	p. 78
Hip-Hop and Jazz	p. 80
The Arts and Culture Wars	p. 82
Review Questions	p. 85
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 85
Foreign Policy at Mid-Decade	p. 87
The Philippines, Haiti, and Libya	p. 87
Mikhail Gorbachev	p. 91
South Africa	p. 93
Afghanistan	p. 97
Reykjavik	p. 99
Review Questions	p. 100
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 101
The Reagan Revolution in Crisis	p. 103
Contra Resupply	p. 103
Arms Sales to Iran	p. 105
Iran-Contra Hearings	p. 108
More Scandals	p. 113
Review Questions	p. 114
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 115
A Bumpy Ride to a New World Order	p. 117
The Savings and Loan Debacle	p. 117
Election 1988	p. 119
George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle	p. 122
The Berlin Wall	p. 124
Change Comes to the Soviet Bloc	p. 126
The War on Drugs	p. 128
The U.S. Invasion of Panama	p. 130
Review Questions	p. 133
MySearchLab Connections Sources Online	p. 134
Legacies of the Eighties	p. 135
Bibliography	p. 141
Index	p. 147
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Joseph A. Palermo is an associate professor of history at California State University, Sacramento. He received his bachelor's degrees in sociology and anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz; a master's degree in history from San Jose State University; and a master's degree and doctorate in American history from Cornell University. His expertise includes political history, presidential politics, presidential war powers, social movements of the 20th century, social movements of the 1960s, civil rights and the history of American foreign policy. He has written two books on Robert F. Kennedy: In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Columbia University Press, 2001); and Robert F. Kennedy and the Death of American Idealism (Pearson Longman, 2008). Professor Palermo has also written articles for anthologies on the life of Father Daniel Berrigan in The Human Tradition in America Since 1945 (Scholarly Resources Press, 2003); and on the Watergate scandal in Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon (CQ Press, 2004).

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