Product Description: In At Reagan's Side, Reagan scholars Jeff Chidester and Stephen Knott compile excerpts from interviews of top Reagan officials. Through the Miller Center's Ronald Reagan Oral History Project, Chidester and Knott show readers the life of the "Great Communicator" through the eyes of both famous and lesser-known administration insiders like James Baker, Edwin Meese, Peter Hannaford, Caspar Weinberger, and Joanne Drake...read more

A detailed overview of the pivotal years of the Reagan administration looks at the key events, personalities, trends, issues, and policies of Ronald Reagan's presidency, with an A-to-Z encyclopedia that includes some ninety biographical profiles, including James Baker, Margaret Thatcher, and Nancy Reagan, as well as such issues and policies as Reaganomics, the Iran-Contra Affair, and the 1984 campaign and election. Simultaneous.