Comparing The 80's And The Reagan Administration

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Thank you for posing the question. My understanding and knowledge of the 80’s and the Reagan Administration was very positive and rather limited, but now perusing thought the book, I have a better understanding of how the U.S. was in the 80’s during the Reagan Administration. Johnson identifies the different aspects of the country during the 80’s, political , social, and economical. Occasionally, he even criticizes Reagan and his administration, but also acknowledges some of the positive facts of the Precedency, like the fact that Reagan was the first two term president since WWII. When he talks about America in the 80’s, he states “ It was an age of illusion when America lived on borrowed time and squandered opportunities to put its house