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When will Ronald Reagan get the recognition he deserves?

Max Boot’s contention that Reagan was a lightweight pragmatist who played little part in reviving America or winning the Cold War is absurdly revisionist

14 December 2024

9:00 AM

14 December 2024

9:00 AM

Reagan: His Life and Legend Max Boot

Liveright, pp.864, 35

The talented military historian Max Boot has published a well-researched life of Ronald Reagan that is fundamentally wrong. First the good parts: he has combed through lots of archives finding new information and has interviewed countless people who worked with or knew Reagan. His style also bears the reader effortlessly along.

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