· “National treasure H. W. Brands, who gave us the definitive single-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, completes his biographical tour d'horizon of twentieth-century politics with this superb life of Ronald Reagan. In doing so, Brands tracks the paths we wandered through the depression and the Second World War, the battle against communism, and the conservative bltadwin.ru: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. H.W. Brands’ easy-to-read biography, Reagan: A Life, is a must read if you want to separate Reagan the myth from Reagan the man. The mythology of Reagan has eclipsed who he was and what he actually stood for to such an extent that he is cited by conservatives as standing for things he actually opposed, and he is vilified by liberals who would be pleasantly surprised by much of what he . H.W. Brands, a historian and author of superb presidential biographies, especially Andrew Jackson, misses the mark with Reagan: The Life. While the book offers some new information, especially in regards to family conflict during his presidential campaigns, it’s more notable for what’s left bltadwin.ru:
"Reagan: The Life" by H.W. Brands was published in Brands is a professor at the University of Texas, a prolific author and a two-time Pulitzer finalist. He has written nearly thirty books on a wide range of historical topics including biographies of Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and FDR (each of which I have. Reagan: The Life By H. W. BRANDS. Reviewed by Tom Carson / J Share. Once upon a time, liberals snickered at the very idea of a subpar matinee idol pulling off the ultimate comeback by turning the White House into a soundstage. That sure doesn't say much for their vision. Find items like Reagan: The Life at Daedalus Books. Confident and pragmatic, Ronald Reagan engineered a conservative revolution in American politics and played a crucial role in ending communism in the Soviet Union. But who was the 40th president? Also the biographer of Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt, H.W. Brands follows the young Reagan as he becomes a radio announcer, a movie star.
NONFICTION: H.W. Brands' biography focuses on Ronald Reagan's brilliant pragmatic compromises as well as his money-wasting mistakes. H.W. Brands’ judicious biography of Ronald Reagan is as much. Undaunted by Morris’s misadventure, the historian H. W. Brands does not break a sweat in his brisk, if extended, stroll through Reagan’s long life. Brands is at ease in the company of a. “National treasure H. W. Brands, who gave us the definitive single-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, completes his biographical tour d'horizon of twentieth-century politics with this superb life of Ronald Reagan. In doing so, Brands tracks the paths we wandered through the depression and the Second World War, the battle against communism, and the conservative revolution.
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