Mac Baldrige: The Cowboy in Ronald Reagan's Cabinet

Mac Baldrige: The Cowboy in Ronald Reagan's Cabinet
ISBN-10
1493018000
ISBN-13
9781493018000
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-11-03
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Authors
Chris Black, B. Jay Cooper

Description

Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America’s position as the number one economy in the world. Manufacturing was in decline; traditional industries were being beaten by foreign competitors; many American industries had grown complacent. President Reagan named Mac Baldrige, a successful industrialist (and card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), Secretary of Commerce to address these economic challenges. This book recounts the Washington career of an American original during the era supporters celebrate as “morning in America.”

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