Landslide

Forgive an outsider commenting on US politics(if you can!!).Reagan was always popular in the USA, whereas in Western Europe he was almost universally regarded as a senile old buffer.After reading this,US readers will think again about the European perspective. Mayer and McManus,who wrote for those deranged left-wing papers the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal,paint a picture of someone cut off from reality and capable... Read Full Review

This oddly titled book is actually the best and most incisive work you can read on the Iran-Contra Affair. The book describes in detail how Reagan set broad ideological guidelines, and expected those who worked under him to carry out the details and not bring him problems. Did Reagan know that Bill Casey and North were funneling money to the Contras and lying to Congress? As the book details, there is no substantive evidence... Read Full Review

I sell used books and just happened to come across this. I'm straining to remember it (I'd be really surprised if it hadn't caused some ripples, as it came out in '88 when RR was still in office) but I just have no recollection. I'm a Democrat who was sort of undergoing a gradual process of reevaluating Reagan in a more positive light. Nevermind! The book makes a very strong indictment of RR as a decent enough fellow who was... Read Full Review

What a wonderful book this turned out to be. I was expecting a far more biased attack on the Reagan administration overall, instead the authors provided a well researched and written history of the last term of Reagan's presidency. The authors spent the vast majority of their time talking over the Iran - Contra issue and they did a good job of it. There is a wealth of details that really take you through the whole event... Read Full Review

This book explores the underside of the Reagan Presidency. The surprise is not that Reagan was not in control of underlings like Oliver North, but that he was so out of touch that incoming Chief of Staff Howard Baker actually considered whether the constitutional provision for removing an incapacitated President might have to be invoked! Mayer and McManus write with the sharp eye of crack investigative reporters. While... Read Full Review