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Bradford D. Martin

The Other Eighties: A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan Hardcover – March 1, 2011

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272 pages
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Hill and Wang
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March 1, 2011
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6.34 x 0.97 x 9.04 inches
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0809074613
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978-0809074617
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hill and Wang; First Edition (March 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0809074613
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0809074617
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.34 x 0.97 x 9.04 inches

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Robert E. Polanco

A Book on the Other Side of the Reagan-era 1980's: Well read, but still needed more information.

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020

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It is interesting to note that the book on the 1980's during the era of Reagan was published in the year of the late former U.S. president's 100th birthday, 2011. As for the book itself, "The Other Eighties," I was pretty impressed with the story about the people that had participated in various protest movements against the Reagan regime's policies and philosophical outlook, especially in the Cold War. The only letdown for me, that is, unless IF I am wrong, that there were NO interviews with Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, and Reagan's son, Ron Jr., not being included in the book. After all, they were the only liberal children that were in having opposing views of their father's conservative worldview. So I gave only four stars because I wished that there would have been more information as well as more additional photos as well.

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Toni M. Williams

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2016

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Great book.

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Katrina W.

Great History Read

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2016

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I had to read this book for a class in college. I enjoyed the book and the history of the 80s in which it touched on. A good read for the history buff or anyone who just likes to learn about history.

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arthur smith

guide to subversives!

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2015

Reagean's anti-left propaganda was covered by censorship and reactionary acts that disabled different youth organizations in letting the whole nation know about the anomalies in the administration of Raegan's administration. moreover, this book tackled different aspects of the american society such as racism, pop culture and even the underground music scene.

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A reader

Give me a break...

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2012

The author seems to believe that the aspects of the 1980s he discusses are somehow unknown or hidden. Nonsense. Of course the nuclear freeze, the Sandinista worship, and all the rest of it were out there and very influential (and very well covered by the sympathetic liberal media). This was particularly true for the area in which I grew up. The other eighties, for me, simply WERE the eighties. I never encountered anyone who had a good word to say for Ronald Reagan. So, nothing new here. Martin also assumes that these movements were inspired by genuine idealism rather than by a juvenile desire to stick it to the Man.
There are other problems with the book. The sections on music, for example, are so ill-informed as to be completely embarrassing. I'll mention only two examples of this:

1. Nobody in history has EVER referred to him- or herself as a "post-punker".
2. Martin mentions the Dead Kennedys' reprise of "California Uber Alles" in which they changed the lyrics and turned it into an attack on Reagan. However, he never addresses the lyrics of the original song, because it would be really hard to construe these as "left" in any way.

Anyway, don't waste your time.

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