Reagan, Bush, and right-wing politics: elites, think tanks, power, and policy
by Philip H. Burch
Greenwich, Conn
Jai Press
1997
2 v.: 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. A. The American right wing takes command: key executive appointments. Sec. 1. President Reagan and key White House staff (first term)-- Reagan's Departments of State, Treasury and Defense (first term)-- Reagan's Withe House staff and key inner cabinet (second term)--Reagan's Department of Justice (and related agencies)-- Reagan's Departments of the Interior and Energy (and EPA)-- Reagan's Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture (and ancillary agencies)--Reagan's Departments of Education, Health, and Human Services, HUD, and Transportation. Section 2. The 1988 election, George Bush, and his White House staff--George Bush's inner cabinet (and other related posts)-- Bush's outer cabinet departments.-- pt. B. The American right wing at court and in action: Supreme Court in nominations and major policymaking. The Reagan/Bush Supreme Court: a bench happily filled?-- Reaganomics: financial reform or "Voodoo" economics?-- The Reaganite military buildup: an American folly?-- The "Red specter" in the Caribbean: Grenada and the Iran-Countra affair
Reagan, Ronald- Friends and associates
Bush, George, 1924-- Friends and associates
Presidents- United States -- Staff
Right and left (Political science)
United States- Politics and government -- 1981-1989