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| Genre/Form: | Biographie Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ronald Reagan; Ronald Reagan |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lou Cannon |
| ISBN: | 1891620916 9781891620911 |
| OCLC Number: | 42952587 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1991. With new introd. |
| Description: | xvii, 883 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Back to the future -- A Reagan portrait -- The acting politician -- The acting president -- Offstage influences -- Heroic dreams -- Halcyon days -- Kidding on the square -- Hail to the Chief -- Passive President -- The loner -- Staying the course -- Focus of evil -- Freedom fighters -- Lost in Lebanon -- An actor abroad -- Morning again in America -- Turning point -- Darkness at noon -- Struggles at twilight -- The new era -- Visions and legacies. |
| Responsibility: | Lou Cannon. |
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Abstract:
Looking behind the smiles of Ronald Reagan, this book demonstrates that the world is littered with the bodies of those who underestimated the most successful politician of his time. This political portrait looks behind the scenes in the Oval Office and through Reagan's eight year reign.
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<p>"New York Times", January 9, 2011<br> "Authoritative... If Obama actually read Cannon, his comeback could have legs. It's full of leadership lessons that will be particularly useful in outfoxing political adversaries who seem not to have consulted so much as a picture book about the president they claim as their patron saint." Read more...
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