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Reagan
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
Non-member price: $30.72
Publisher's Summary
He was the unlikeliest of presidential candidates - dismissed by opponents as a movie actor, a right-winger trying to undo the work of liberals stretching back to Franklin Roosevelt. Yet Ronald Reagan made it to the White House, taking office in a time of economic turmoil, waning prestige abroad, and a general dampening of the American spirit.
Reagan's patriotism, wit, and optimism lifted the nation and brought it through several crises. An effective leader who understood the power of words, stagecraft, and symbolism, Reagan was a paradoxical blend of ideology and pragmatism. Even as he increased the tension underlying the Cold War with the Soviet Union, he embarked on a series of summits with Mikhail Gorbachev that helped defuse the arms race. When he left office, prosperity had returned and the Soviet state had collapsed.
People around the world still revere him for the dawning of what he called "morning in America." Here is his story.
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- Don Rood, Jr.
- 25-03-2021
Are political leaders like this extinct?
Well read. Excellent sequence of major events along with his diary and context of the world at the time.
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- Brian
- 13-12-2020
Number 40
a great tale of the GREATEST PRESIDENT and how he changed the world and America
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- Zachary Rogers
- 02-11-2020
Good light reading
A pretty high level look at the life of President Regan. I would have liked more detail but all in all a very interesting book.
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