The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004OX142W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 409 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
My favorite Reagan biography My favorite Reagan biography. No other author tells the story of his crusade against Communism as Kengor does. By showing Reagan's idealism and his well informed anticommunism, Kengor shows how the Cold War was won. Magnificent!. Five Stars Excellent product. "Best Reagan Bio Ever" according to Gerald J Kenney, Jr.. Best Reagan bio ever written. Thoroughly researched.
Such new finds make The Crusader not just a work of extraordinary history but a work of explosive revelation that will be debated as hotly in 2006 as Reagan's policies were in the 1980s.. The result is a major revision and enhancement of what historians are only beginning to realize: that Reagan not only wished for the collapse of communism but had a deep and specific understanding of what it would take and effected dozens of policy shifts that brought the USSR to its heels within a decade of his presidency. Drawing upon reams of newly declassified presidential papers as well as untapped Soviet media archives and new interviews with key players, Kengor traces Reagan's efforts to target the Soviet Union from his days as governor of California to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of what he famously dubbed the "Evil Empire". Based on extraordinary research, here is a major reassessment of Ronald Reagan's lifelong crusade to dismantle the Soviet Empire, including shocking revelations about the liberal American politici