Ronald Reagan left “a deeper impression on the country and the world than any but a handful of other presidents,” historian H.W. Brands writes in his eloquent new biography, Reagan: The Life. Certainly no political figure in my lifetime has had a bigger impact on the nation—though it’s often been a destructive one.
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Still—to what end? At a time when the United States has troops in 140 different countries, packs its jails and prisons with the poor and the mentally ill, and struggles to pay for schools, it’s also clear that claiming greatness isn’t nearly enough. v
By H.W. Brands (Doubleday)
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