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Reeves did not start out this book as a fan of Reagan, if fact as a progressive, Reeves thought of Reagan as an obtuse man, that just possessed great charisma and charm, he came away with a great appreciation for this singular man. This is a very good book, it teals new ground and I loved the story of the Russian telling someone how Reagan was like the a very smart Lion, he just layed quitely and rested and everytime he opened his eyes the prey was closer, then before the prey knew it he was standing over the old Lion and fade to black, instintanions death, the Russian was describing the way Reagan was cleaning Gorbachev's clock. Everyone has an opinion on Reagan, and the Reagan administrations slow movenment at the start of the AIDS crisis is the huge stain of his presidency, it's absolutly unforgivable, and is Reagans great shame because it happened on his watch and it cost millions of innocent lives, but I think everyone agrees that all and all, this was the right man at the right time, he reserected Americans pride and he spent the Soviet Union into oblivian. Reeves is no Reaganite and he gives a very balanced bio on Reagan, but you come way, like Reeves did with a real appreciation for this man, he believed in the American dream, after all this poor boy, with a tough childhood, and with average intelligence, lived it.
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The author's work on two previous presidents(Kennedy & Nixon)were gripping in their readability and sense that one was reading a new slant on old facts. This one reads like a collection of NY Times articles--indeed he seems to rely on the Times coverage for much of the book, listing the headlines on a half dozen occasions. It is not 'slanted' in a harsh way, Reeves makes clear that he is writing as a liberal but he doesn't neglect the obvious appeal Reagan had for Americans across the board. There is a lot on Iran/contra--maybe too much and one wished for more about the situation in Poland and Reagan's influence there along with that of John Paul II. However, it is good to be reminded that not all the "experts" really understood what happened in 1986/7 when Reagan and Gorbachov had their meetings.One(George Will) even suggested the Cold War was "lost" during these meetings--which looks now like nonsense. Not his best presidential book, not as multifaceted as Wills' "Reagan's America" but not a dud either.
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This book appears to be a well researched biography of Regan's eight years as president. It is very well read by the reader. His impersonation of Regan's speech, voice, inflection is particularly well done. The author offers deep insight into the character of all players. Rich in historical facts.
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The public often forgets that there is the privileged right and the earned right. Reagan was the later. This biography is of a man who came from rural Illinois, grew up with a dreamer alcoholic father, became the man of the house while still a teenager, and made his own way from Illinois to California to the White House. Like his ideological soulmate, Margaret Thatcher, Reagan rescued the American economy after the hyper-inflation of the 1970's. Reaganomics fueled the boom years in the 80's and in the 90's long after he retired from public life. President Reagan's record as time passes reveals more about a man who did in the end ... lead his country with a vision.
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A local candidate for the city council here in Colorado Springs announced that he was running as a "Reagan Republican." Frankly, I was somewhat perplexed by what he meant by that. Did this mean that he was running as a "mainstream" centrist Republican or did it mean that he is running as a conservative Republican well to the right in the political spectrum? It's hard to know these days since Reagan re-defined the GOP. When Reagan stumped for Goldwater in 1964, he was regarded as a right wingnut. Even during his tenure as Governor of California, he was perceived as being well to the right within the ranks of his party. Nowadays, he is viewed by most political observers as representing the "centrist" faction of the Republican Party.
This is a testament to the Gipper's profound influence on the GOP. He clearly moved his party well to the right. Reeves begrudgingly acknowledges that, despite his own personal animosity toward the policies of Ronald Reagan, that he defined Republicanism as we know it today.
Some facts need to be ackowledged from the get-go. First, Reeves is no fan of Ronald Reagan. He states quite frankly his own distaste for most of Reagan's poliicies. Second, his task was an awesomely difficult one; to capture the essence of a man that virtually everyone agrees is impossible to know. Ronald Reagan, by all accounts, was a personally remote and self-contained individual. Efforts to capture "the real Reagan" are doomed to failure. Reeves does the best that he can, given the nature of his subject.
The author has been criticized for his heavy reliance on already published secondary sources written by disgruntled former Reagan staffers. It is true that his source material is not original. For those who have read the previously published books and articles about Reagan, they may find little that they didn't know already.
However, I think that Reeves does a creditable job of collecting a nice volume of inside information on the Reagan presidency. His chapters on the arms control negotiations with Gorbachev are nicely done. The reader gets a true birdseye view of what transpired behind closed doors. These chapters are the best in the book.
Elsewhere, Reeves is dismissively contemptuous of a man that he considered a half-step from senility. He recounts numerous episodes of Reagan's inattentiveness and lax work habits.
Reeve's book will ultimately stand as a begrudging back-handed tribute to a President that he couldn't stomach. If you're waiting for an even-handed, comprehensive account of the Reagan presidency, good luck to you. It will be difficult to find.
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