| Table of Contents |
| | Introduction | |
| | Debating the Reagan Presidency: Domestic Politics and Issues / John Ehrman | 1 |
| | Documents | |
| 1 | Excerpts from "Inaugural Address" (January 20, 1981) | 81 |
| 2 | Excerpts from "Economic Report of the President" (1985) | 85 |
| 3 | Excerpt from "Walter Mondale's Speech Accepting the Democratic Nomination" (July 19, 1984) | 89 |
| 4 | "Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States" (July 1, 1987) | 91 |
| 5 | Excerpts from "Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate" (September 15, 1987) | 93 |
| 6 | Excerpts from "Farewell Address to the Nation" (January 11, 1989) | 97 |
| | The Reagan Presidency and Foreign Policy: Controversies and Legacies / Michael W. Flamm | 101 |
| | Documents | |
| 1 | Excerpts from "Address to Members of the British Parliament" (June 8, 1982) | 183 |
| 2 | Excerpts from "Address to the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals" (March 8, 1983) | 187 |
| 3 | Excerpts from "Address to the Nation and Other Countries on United States-Soviet Relations" (January 16, 1984) | 191 |
| 4 | Excerpts from Minutes, National Security Planning Group Meeting (June 25, 1984) | 195 |
| 5 | Excerpts from Addresses by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, Democratic National Convention (July 16-19, 1984) | 201 |
| 6 | Excerpts from The Tower Commission Report (February 26, 1987) | 205 |
| 7 | Excerpts from "Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy" (March 4, 1987) | 211 |
| 8 | Excerpts from "Remarks and Question-and-Answer Session with the Students and Faculty at Moscow State University" (May 31, 1988) | 215 |
| 9 | Excerpts from "Address by Mikhail Gorbachev at the Forty-Third U.N. General Assembly Session" (December 7, 1988) | 221 |
| | Selected Readings | 225 |
| | Index | 229 |
