Contents

• "What the heck are you up to, Mr. President?"
• Diagnosing a nation’s heart of glass (April 1979)
• Making friends and enemies in a time of crisis (May 1979)
• "The worst of times" (June 1979)
• "One of my best" (July 1979)
• The speech becomes a "turning point" (July 1979-January 1981)
• Epilogue : In dreams there begin no responsibilities
• Appendix: The speech "A crisis of confidence" (July 15, 1979)