Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future / Will Bunch.

Author/creator Bunch, William
Format Book
Edition1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, 2009.
Description276 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Ronald Reagan Boulevard -- A man before myth -- An untaxing burden -- Warrior defused -- Prospero unmasked -- Rolling back Reagan -- Enter the mythmakers -- The great misinterpreter -- Reagan's '08 campaign -- Exorcising Gipper's ghost.
Abstract Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper's conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America's political and economic situation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-258) and index.
ISBN9781416597629
ISBN141659762X