The Reagan Era from the Iran Crisis to Kosovo
by Carlisle, Rodney P.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-09-26
Publisher(s): Abc-Clio Inc
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Summary
This fascinating work is a series of explorations of key events in the adminstrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, each of which speculates on what might have happened if events had unfolded differently.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The 1980 Election | p. 1 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Jimmy Carter had been more successful in his first term and was reelected in 1980 to a second term? | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Turning Point | p. 7 |
| Actual History | p. 8 |
| Alternate History | p. 16 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 20 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 21 |
| Reaganomics | p. 23 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if support for supply-side economics had not developed and stagflation had led to a depression in the 1980s? | |
| Introduction | p. 23 |
| Turning Point | p. 28 |
| Actual History | p. 32 |
| Alternate History | p. 36 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 40 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 41 |
| Euromissiles | p. 43 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if the Soviets had overreacted to U.S. installation of new missiles in Europe? | |
| Introduction | p. 43 |
| Turning Point | p. 50 |
| Actual History | p. 51 |
| Alternate History | p. 55 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 58 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 58 |
| Shooting of the President | p. 61 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Reagan hod died from his bullet wound and George H. W. Bush had become president? | |
| Introduction | p. 61 |
| Turning Point | p. 63 |
| Actual History | p. 67 |
| Alternate History | p. 72 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 75 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 76 |
| "Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Gorbachev" | p. 77 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Soviet politics had stopped Gorbachev's reforms and Soviet troops had reinforced hard-line regimes? | |
| Introduction | p. 77 |
| Turning Point | p. 85 |
| Actual History | p. 90 |
| Alternate History | p. 96 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 101 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 102 |
| The Gorbachev Coup | p. 103 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if the anti-Gorbachev hard-liners had led a successful coup in the Soviet Union? | |
| Introduction | p. 103 |
| Turning Point | p. 108 |
| Actual History | p. 110 |
| Alternate History | p. 116 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 122 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 123 |
| Iran-Contra Affair | p. 125 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Oliver North hod succeeded in his arms-hostages deal and used funds for an anti-Castro coup in Cuba? | |
| Introduction | p. 125 |
| Turning Point | p. 132 |
| Actual History | p. 133 |
| Alternate History | p. 138 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 143 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 143 |
| Roe v. Wade | p. 145 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Reagan had appointed Supreme Court justices who had unraveled parts of Roe v. Wade? | |
| Introduction | p. 145 |
| Turning Point | p. 152 |
| Actual History | p. 154 |
| Alternate History | p. 157 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 161 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 162 |
| George H.W. Bush | p. 163 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if George H. W. Bush had been reelected in 1992 and a second Iraq war had been fought in the 1990s? | |
| Introduction | p. 163 |
| Turning Point | p. 169 |
| Actual History | p. 171 |
| Alternate History | p. 176 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 178 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 179 |
| The Persian Gulf War | p. 181 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Israel had attacked in retaliation for Scuds launched by the Iraqis? | |
| Would the Arabs have withdrawn from the Coalition? | |
| Introduction | p. 181 |
| Turning Point | p. 185 |
| Actual History | p. 189 |
| Alternate History | p. 194 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 198 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 199 |
| Kosovo | p. 201 |
| Turning Point | |
| What if Russia had reacted to the U.S./NATO alliance by coming to Serbia's aid? | |
| Introduction | p. 201 |
| Turning Point | p. 211 |
| Actual History | p. 213 |
| Alternate History | p. 214 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 217 |
| Bibliography and Further Reading | p. 217 |
| Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate | p. 219 |
| Iran-Contra: The Underlying Facts | p. 225 |
| Chronology of the Reagan Era | p. 237 |
| Resources | p. 245 |
| Index | p. 249 |
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