Reckoning With Reagan: America and Its President in the 1980s

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Summary: A Middling Assessment of a Middling President
Review: "Reckoning with Reagan" makes some nice attempts at getting a grip on Reagan's presidency. Taking into account the good as well as the bad, it provides a more balanced account that the fawning hero worship pieces written by Noonan and D'Souza. An easy read, though it leaves the reader wanting a little more detail in spots.

Rating:
Summary: A Middling Assessment of a Middling President
Review: I found this book to rather tiring. There was too much useless and unnecessary information. Schaller also tended to make former President Regan look like a bumbling idiot who let his Cabinet members run the Nation. I found that Schaller did not tend to highlight the positive impact that Reagan had on the Nation. Without having to know much about Reagan and the Nation during that time, it is clear that Schaller let his personal opinion interfere with his professinal one.

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Summary: Job well done.
Review: I would say ignore the reviews that cast this book in a less than outstanding light. This book is not an abstract novel, but rather a historical account of Reagan's time in office. Michael Schaller is an award winning History Professor that does a wonderful job teaching the Mystique of what was Reagan's Presidency.

Rating:
Summary: Job well done.
Review: It seems that there is no escape from these hazy sweet books of Ronal Reagan. Let's just hope that they do not turn into the cottage industry that books on the Kennedies morphed into.

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Summary: Stop the madness
Review: It seems that there is no escape from these hazy sweet books of Ronal Reagan. Let's just hope that they do not turn into the cottage industry that books on the Kennedies morphed into.