When things went right : the dawn of the Reagan-Bush administration / Chase Untermeyer.

Preface. Crossing the Potomac -- Dream job come true, November/December 1980 -- Transition, January 1981 -- Our little office building, January/March 1981 -- The rumor, March 1981 -- "The President has been hit!" March/April 1981 -- Springtime in Washington, April/June 1981 -- Lindbergh's bed, June 1981 -- A dinner at Number 10, June 1981 -- A rigadón in Manila, June 1981 -- Travels with the Vishnu, July/September 1981 -- Goose-stepping nurses, soapless in Grand Rapids, and the President of Puerto Rico, September 1981 -- The Air Force 2 coup, October 1981 -- Shutdown! October/November 1981 -- A czar is born, November 1981/January 1982 -- In recession America, January/April 1982 -- Luncheon with the Emperor, April 1982 -- Rimming the Pacific, April/May 1982 -- Everything but the quack, May 1982 -- Just your typical palace, May/August 1982 -- Nonstop to Idaho Falls, September/November 1982 -- A funeral in Moscow, via Africa, November 1982 -- Job hunting in the (semi- )gloom, November/January 1983 -- Mission most important, January/February 1983 -- Moving on, February/March 1983 -- Afterword. Why things went right.

When Things Went Right is a colorful and insightful portrait of Washington at the beginning of the Reagan-Bush era (November 1980-March 1983) as lived and recorded by an insider in his personal journal. Chase Untermeyer was a Texas state legislator and former journalist when called to national service by his friend and mentor George H.W. Bush after the 1980 election. In his journal entries and subsequent annotations he describes how the Reagan Administration began to grapple with the major national and international challenges it inherited. <p.

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