Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign of the Cold War

Spanning the watershed period from the beginning of Ronald Reagan's second term and the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 to George Bush's first State of the Union address in 1990, Pledging Allegiance focuses on the 1988 campaign to reveal the turning point when the old doctrines of the Cold War began to dissolve. Includes political portraits of Bush, Dukakis, Hart, Dole, and other power players.