Mac Baldrige
The Cowboy in Ronald Reagan's Cabinet
By (author) Chris Black, B. Jay Cooper Foreword by President George H. W. Bush
Publication date:
03 January 2016Length of book:
256 pagesPublisher
Lyons PressISBN-13: 9781493017997
Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America’s position as the number one economy in the world. Manufacturing was in decline; traditional industries were being beaten by foreign competitors; many American industries had grown complacent. President Reagan named Mac Baldrige, a successful industrialist (and card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), Secretary of Commerce to address these economic challenges. This book recounts the Washington career of an American original during the era supporters celebrate as “morning in America.”
“Ronald Reagan was once asked if he considered any member of his cabinet a ‘true visionary.’ Two, Reagan replied: United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge…this book shows what a brilliant selection Mac Baldridge was.”