Title: A GOOD READ; NOT THE DEFINATIVE WORK I HAD HOPED FOR
Product review: Once one gets through the initial confusion of fictional characters, and the early flash-back/flash-forward/fact/fiction narrative, this book evolves into an extremely engrossing read. Reagan is brought to life with a warmth that few of his critics would acknowledge. This is not a hatchet job on Ronald Reagan - despite the displeasure voiced by conservatives (you don't hear any liberals pointing to this book as "evidence" of Reagan's incompetence). There is much content lacking from this book. The material from 1975 to 1980 is extremely thin and this omission is a disappointment. The '76 and '80 campaigns were rich with the ebb and flow of the political dynamic, and that story alone could have easily covered an additional 100 or more pages of this book. Overall, an interesting work. Given the advance hype for this book I had hoped that this would be THE definitive book on Ronald Reagan; that book has yet to be written.
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