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SLEEPWALKING THROUGH HISTORY
Haynes Johnson
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SLEEPWALKING THROUGH HISTORY

America in the Reagan Years

by Haynes Johnson

Norton · 2003

Peak rank

#5

Weeks on list

11

Debuted

April 1991

Chart History

#1510151991

11 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #5

National bestseller: In this brilliantly readable book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles the Reagan decade, when America fell from dominant world power to struggling debtor nation and when optimism turned to foreboding. In human terms and living case histories, Haynes Johnson captures the drama and tragedy of an era nurtured by greed and a morality that found virtue in not getting caught. "It is morning again in America," Reagan's campaign commercials told us, and for too long we embraced that convenient lie. Indeed, the problems that came to plague us in that decade are with us even more today, as Johnson memorably demonstrates in--his afterword, "Notes on an Era," written especially for this new paperback reissue. This book will remain a signature work of political analysis for years to come.

All Appearances

10↓5April 21, 1991wk 3
11↓3May 5, 1991wk 5
9↑2May 12, 1991wk 6
12↓3May 19, 1991wk 7
11↑1May 26, 1991wk 8
16↓5June 2, 1991wk 9
15↑1June 9, 1991wk 10
14↑1June 16, 1991wk 11

Details

ISBN-13
9780393324341
ISBN-10
0393324346
Published
2003
Pages
532
Publisher
Norton
Categories
Biography & Autobiography

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