Books : Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988
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by: Jane and Doyle McManus Mayer
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780002154819
Format: Import
ISBN: 0002154811
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 1988
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Sales Rank: 1867635
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Rating:  - Why wasn't RR impeached?
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 of believing anything.So,sending arms to Iran in exchange for hostages ... Read More
Rating:  - Perhaps we need more "Unmade" presidents
Although this is a well researched book which contains much hearsay and a great deal of authoritative evidence regarding the Iran arms sales and the "Iran Contra Affair," I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. On the one hand, the book appears to be convincing. On the other hand it comes across as decidedly one dimensional, particularly when one considers that there was a lot more going on in the world at that time than the hostage crisis. The authors also demonstrated a consistent bias throughout ... Read More
Rating: - The best book on Iran-Contra
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 that he knew this.
However, it is clear that Reagan orchestrated the ... Read More
Rating: - Can't Believe It's So Obscure
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 grossly incompetent as a President. My impression is that the authors are fairly moderate:a ... Read More
Rating: - Detailed and Well Written
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 from idea generation through execution to cover up. I also liked the details of how the staff ... Read More
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