The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed

by David Stockman

Overview

As Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the early 1980s, David Stockman was a chief architect of the Reagan Revolution -- a bold plan to cut taxes and reduce the scope and cost of government. The Triumph of Politics was Stockman's frontline report of the miscalculations, manipulations, and political intrigues that led to its failure. A major publishing event and New York Times bestseller in its day, The Triumph of Politics is still startling relevant to the conduct of Washington politics today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610392778
Publisher:	PublicAffairs
Publication date:	03/26/2013
Edition description:	First Trade Paper Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

David A. Stockman was elected as a Michigan congressman in 1976 and joined the Reagan White House in 1981. Serving as budget director, he was one of the key architects of the Reagan Revolution plan to reduce taxes, cut spending, and shrink the role of government. He joined Salomon Brothers in 1985 and later became one of the early partners of the Blackstone Group.

During nearly two decades at Blackstone and at a firm he founded, Stockman was a private equity investor. Stockman attended Michigan State University and Harvard Divinity School and then went to Washington as a congressional aide in 1970. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Prologue 1

Part 1

1 The Odyssey of an Ideologue 19

2 The Coming of the New Order 47

Part 2

3 Blitzkrieg 85

4 Shortcuts to the Reagan Revolution 107

5 The Counter-Revolution Begins 143

6 Victories and the Hour of History 169

7 New Lessons: The Politics of Taking 189

8 Collapse of the Reagan Coalition 217

9 New Lessons: The Politics of Giving 243

10 The Morning After: The Final Lessons 285

Part 3

11 Days Before The Atlantic 347

12 The President and the Pony 373

Epilogue: The Triumph of Politics 395

Appendix: The Fiscal Facts 415

Index 433