In 1980, Americans gambled, voted for

change--arid got it. The most ideologi-

cal President in our nation s history

was elected. What have Mr. Reagan

and his associates accomplished--and

where have they failed? Why is the

President willing to gamble so much on

"staying the course," and what are the

stakes for the nation--and for his own

future?

Here is a balanced, tough-minded

highly informed Making of the Presi-

dent after Ronald Reagan s first years

in office, written by a distinguished

journalist who covered the Reagan and

Bush campaigns for Time magazine and

who has spent a special two years inside

the Reagan White House--attending

high-level meetings, interviewing the

Reagans and the "Reaganauts," and in-

vestigating the real stories behind this

headline-making Administration s deci-

sions, controversies, and shuffles.

GAMBLING WITH HISTORY is full ofH

the kind of information and insights

that make news and the kind of long-

term news that makes history. Barrett

offers hitherto unreported details