Ronald Reagan: The Power Of Conviction And The Success Of His Presidency - Softcover

Wallison, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813390478 ISBN 13: 9780813390475

Publisher: Basic Books, 2004

Synopsis

A former Reagan White House Counsel presents a comprehensive picture of Ronald Reagan, focusing on how his distinctive leadership style was the source of both his setbacks and his success

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Review:

"Mr. Wallison is a superb writer with a knack of making White House policy and power struggles as gripping as the best who-done-it."

Synopsis:

An icon of the twentieth century, Ronald Reagan has earned a place among the most popular and successful U. S. presidents. In this compelling firsthand account of Reagan's presidency, Peter J. Wallison, former White House Counsel to President Reagan, argues that Reagan took office with a fully developed public philosophy and strategy for governing that was unique among modern presidents. "I am not a great man," Reagan once said, "just committed to great ideas. " Wallison shows how Reagan's unyielding attachment to certain key ideas-communicated through his speeches-created a cohesive administration and revived the spirit of the nation. In Ronald Reagan, Wallison describes what it was like to be on Reagan's White House staff and how Reagan's attachment to principle produced both the best and worst days of his presidency. Updated with a new epilogue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0813390478
• ISBN 13: 9780813390475
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336