Revolution
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1988. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 486 pages. Includes author inscription that reads: "For Daniel Sehon - With best regards, Martin Anderson". From a White House insider and one of the architects of the conservative revolution, this is the story of how Ronald Reagan rose to power on America's first radical wave since FDR, how he has governed, and what the future holds in store for us. Martin Anderson (August 5, 1936 – January 3, 2015) was an American academic, economist, author, policy analyst, and adviser to U.S. politicians and presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. In the Nixon administration, Anderson was credited with helping to end the military draft and creating the all-volunteer armed forces. Under Reagan, Anderson helped draft the administration's original economic program that became known as “Reaganomics.” A political conservative and a strong proponent of free-market capitalism, he was influenced by libertarianism and opposed government regulations that limited individual freedom. Anderson wrote and edited numerous books on topics concerning urban renewal, military manpower, welfare reform, higher education, and his experiences advising Reagan and Nixon. Later he coedited four books on Reagan's writings and coauthored two books on Reagan's efforts to negotiate nuclear disarmament with the Soviet Union. Derived from a Kirkus review: From his perch as President Reagan's assistant for policy development, with responsibility for domestic and economic policy, Anderson chronicles the inner dynamics of the Reagan administration. Anderson describes Reagan's method of public speaking (including a discreet tactic that involves scanning index cards with one eye, while the other sweeps his audience); he discusses Nixon's pre-election personnel planning for his new administration; and he praises Reagan's economic successes (the longest period of economic growth--57 successive months--since such statistics were first kept, in 1854). If there is a tie that binds Anderson's thoughts, it is his belief that Reagan represents the vanguard of a new capitalism, vibrant and universal. Comparing the disasters of Mitterand's socialist experiments in France with the burgeoning US economy, Anderson shows how nation after nation has given up on centralized economic solutions--even mainland China, which has opened up free economic zones. He suggests that although Gorbachev is liberalizing Soviet economics, Russia's refusal to give up its Marxist underpinnings has left it isolated, with not one major nation as an ally. Beyond all this, Anderson's major purpose seems to be to emphasize Reagan's reputation as a thinker (he reminds us, for instance, that the President's degree was in economics, a subject over which he still commands a strong grasp of the basics). Revelatory, thoughtful and intriguing for its insider's point of view. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Reaganomics, Conservatives, Politics, Economics, Iran-Contra, Edwin Meese, Richard Nixon, Donald Regan
ISBN: 0151770875
[Book #90297]
Price: $175.00