President Reagan: the Role of a Lifetime

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Preface to the 1991 Edition; Preface to the 2000 Edition; 1 BACK TO THE FUTURE; 2 A REAGAN PORTRAIT; 3 THE ACTING POLITICIAN; 4 THE ACTING PRESIDENT; 5 OFFSTAGE INFLUENCES; 6 HEROIC DREAMS; 7 HALCYON DAYS; 8 KIDDING ON THE SQUARE; 9 HAIL TO THE CHIEF; 10 PASSIVE PRESIDENT; 11 THE LONER; 12 STAYING THE COURSE; 13 FOCUS OF EVIL; 14 FREEDOM FIGHTERS; 15 LOST IN LEBANON; 16 AN ACTOR ABROAD; PHOTO INSERT; 17 MORNING AGAIN IN AMERICA; 18 TURNING POINT; 19 DARKNESS AT NOON; 20 STRUGGLES AT TWILIGHT; 21 THE NEW ERA; 22 VISIONS AND LEGACIES; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.;Hailed by The New York Times as ""the best study of that enigmatic presidency, "" Lou Cannon's President Reagan remains the definitive account of our most significant presidency in the last fifty years. Only veteran journalist Lou Cannon, who covered Reagan for more than twenty-five years, can take us deep behind the scenes of the oval office. In this thoroughly revised and updated paperback edition, Cannon reveals the true nature of the man behind the performer, the life behind the legend.