Synopses & Reviews
In this enlightening new look at one of our most successful, most popular, and least understood presidents, bestselling author and former Reagan aide Dinesh D'Souza shows how this "ordinary" man was able to transform the political landscape in a way that made a permanent impact on America and the world. Ronald Reagan is a thoughtful and honest assessment of how this underestimated president became a truly extraordinary leader.
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P.J. O'Rourke author of Parliament of Whores The best story I have read in years, and the truest.
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Rush Limbaugh An unforgettable portrait of Reagan the man, and an exposé of his critics from which they will never recover.
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P.J. O'Rourke
author of Parliament of Whores
The best story I have read in years, and the truest.
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Tom Wolfe author of The Bonfire of the Vanities This marvelous book will drive the intellectual establishment -- the conservative cadre as well as the liberal legions -- straight up the wall. It convincingly demonstrates Ronald Reagan's moral, political, and -- yes! I'm afraid so! -- intellectual superiority to the entire lot of them.
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William Kristol The Weekly Standard D'Souza's fine new study provides a fresh opportunity to consider Reagan's achievements.
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Robert L. Bartley Editor, The Wall Street Journal A spirited reminder that the Teflon president cured stagflation, won the cold war and conquered malaise. Too bad the chattering classes never noticed.
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David Gergen Editor-at-Large, U.S. News & World Report D'Souza provides timely and illuminating answers to the riddle that has stumped so many others: why this ordinary man rode so tall in the saddle as President.
About the Author
Dinesh D’Souza has had a twenty-five-year career as a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has been named one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers by the New York Times Magazine, and Newsweek cited him as one of the country’s most prominent Asian-Americans.
Table of Contents
ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Prologue: The Wise Men and the Dummy
1. Why Reagan Gets No Respect
2. The Education of an Actor
3. Mr. Reagan Goes to Washington
4. A Walk on the Supply Side
5. They Don't Call It Reaganomics Anymore
6. Confronting the Evil Empire
7. Making the World Safe for Democracy
8. And the Wall Came Tumbling Down
9. The Man Behind the Mask
10. Spirit of a Leader
Epilogue: The Road Not Taken
NOTES
INDEX