The Struggle to Limit Government: A Modern Political History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781935308287)

In 1980, Ronald Reagan said, It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed. A little more than 25 years later, Barack Obama declared the Reagan Revolution over. This book surveys the highlights and low points of the nearly 30-year struggle to limit American government, set against the big-government world of the New Deal and the Great Society. The book assesses Reagan's successes and failures, and looks at the 1994 election as a mandate to resume Reagan's efforts. It explores George W. Bush's rejection of limited government in favor of high spending, a mixture of religion and government, and a floundering crusade to bring democracy to the Middle East. Finally, it asks whether the elections of 2006 and 2008 were a rejection of the limited government message or just a repudiation of the failed Bush presidency.

Author: John Samples
ISBN-10: 1935308289
ISBN-13: 9781935308287
Publisher: Cato Institute
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 375
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.86h x 5.66w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2010 pg. 56
Library Journal 05/01/2010 pg. 84
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 179