Presidents from Reagan through Clinton, 1981-2001 : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / [compiled by] Lane Crothers and Nancy S. Lind. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. - xxiii, 291 p. ; 25 cm. - The president's position . - 320/.6/097309048 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283) and index.

Machine generated contents note: RONALD REAGAN (1981-1989) -- Introduction -- DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC POLICY -- The First Reagan Economic Program (July 1981) -- Air Traffic Controllers Strike (August 1981) -- Enterprise Zones (March 1982) -- The 1986 Tax Reform Act (May 1985) -- Balancing the Budget (October 1985) -- Immigration Reform (November 1986) -- Welfare Reform (February 1987) -- The Nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme -- Court (September 1987) -- Housing and Community Development (February 1988) -- MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY -- Arms Control and the MX Missile (uly 1983) -- Peacekeeping in Lebanon (October 1983) -- Invasion of Grenada (October 1983) -- Strategic Defense Initiative July 1985) -- Economic Sanctions on South Africa (September 1985) -- Bombing of Libya (April 1986) -- Iran-Contra Scandal (March 1987) -- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (December 1987) -- Recommended Readings -- 2 GEORGE H. W. BUSH (1989-1993) -- Introduction -- North American Free Trade Agreement (November 1993) -- Gun Control (The Brady Bill) (November 1993) -- Drug Control (April 1996) -- Megan's Law (May 1996) -- Investigation and Impeachment (January 1999) -- Tax Cuts and Budget Surplus (September 1999) -- MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY -- Peacekeeping in Somalia (October 1993) -- Peacekeeping in Yugoslavia and Bosnia (February 1994) -- Intervention in Haiti (September 1994) -- Peacekeeping in Rwanda (March 1998) -- Air Strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan (August 1998) -- Peacekeeping Through Bombing in Kosovo (March 1999) -- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (October 1999) -- Recommended Readings -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Reagan, Ronald--Political and social views.
Bush, George, 1924- --Political and social views.
Clinton, Bill, 1946- --Political and social views.


Presidents--History--United States--20th century--Sources.


United States--Politics and government--1981-1989--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1989---Sources.

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