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Saving the Reagan presidency : trust is the coin of the realm / David M. Abshire ; foreword by Richard E. Neustadt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abshire, David M.
- Series:
- Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
- The presidency and leadership
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reagan, Ronald.
- Reagan, Ronald--Friends and associates.
- Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
- Political corruption--United States.
- Political corruption.
- Political ethics--United States.
- Political ethics.
- United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- David Abshire served as Special Counselor in Reagan's cabinet and was responsible for conducting the investigation into the Iran-Contra affair. Here he offers a unique insider's look at how the nation's trust was restored and how the Reagan presidency was saved.
- Contents:
- A philosophy of government
- Summons from the president
- The leader of the alliance
- The prime minister
- Covert master strategist
- The nightingales sing
- The darkest hour
- The president himself
- Winter snowstorms
- The first lady
- The prosecutor: Judge Walsh
- A new initiative attempted
- Conflicting memories
- Tower Board report
- The departure of Don Regan
- Howard Baker arrives
- The Gipper on top
- My departure
- The continuing curse of Iran-contra
- Watergate, the Clinton affair, and Iran-contra
- The Reagan presidency in history
- Comparative charges: Watergate, Iran-contra, Clinton impeachment
- Memorandum to author from Fred Goodwin
- "The Tower report and due process"
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-13797-0
- 1-60344-620-6
- OCLC:
- 826660261
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