Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader

Author - Dinesh D´Souza ... [Goo?] [Posters]

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1) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. When I first read this book, I did not have a lot of knowledge about former President Reagan. I had read Dr. Bennet´s brief excerpts in his "America: The Last Best Hope" Volumes 1 and 2, but nothing in this specificty. What I found with D´Souza´s book is that I could hardly ever put the book down. It was written in such a way that allowed me to gather enormous amounts of political and economical information while also enjoying Reagan. True, the book is slanted towards a conservative approach to Reagan without greatly stressing his flaws, but other books can make up for this - Richard Reeves "Ronald Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination".

If there is anyone who has a distaste for Reagan and his policies will immediately re-evaluate their position after reading this book. Since this book, I have found myself reading any Reagan book possible such as
Reeves book, previously mentioned, Lou Cannon´s "The Role of a Lifetime", Peter Schweizer´s "Reagan´s War", and Peggy Noonan´s "When Character was King".¤

2) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3KMX3LR39IF00 This is an oldie but a goody indeed. How McCain makes us long for Ronald Reagan the Great!¤

3) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. In a way, I always thought that authors who write about Reagan have it easy. How hard could it be to write interesting and inspiring words about a man who was both?

However, the author of this book has taken a bit of a different approach with this book by focusing as much on the "Reagan movenment" as he does Reagan himself.

History is going to be very good to Reagan and it will be because of the movement he created - it spite of the spineless Republicans of today.

I really enjoyed reading the book. It flows easily through the Reagan years and, if you are a Reagan fan, you will close this book, sigh, and say, "God I miss Ronald Reagan!"¤

4) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. Most biographers who attempt to write about Ronald Reagan typically get frustrated at some point in their effort and throw up their hands saying, "I can´t get to know this man!" Indeed, the man that some many of us felt close to without ever having met him was apparently a very tough nut to crack if you wanted to get close to him in person.

As a result, many biographies supposedly about Reagan offer very little insight into the man and what made him succeed and fail. They talk about his life and history, his advisers and their ideas, but they don´t capture anything about the man that you wanted to learn about when you picked up the book in the first place - D´Souza does and that´s what makes this book different and better from the rest.

D´Souza was a young aid in the Reagan White House and maybe that gives him a bit of an advantage in capturing the essence of Reagan, but I think most of the credit has to go to something far more fundamental; D´Souza hasn´t lost the ability to see Reagan the way most Americans saw him, he hasn´t lost sight of what America was like before Reagan compared to what it´s like now. That gives D´Souza a perspective on Reagan that most academics (which D´Souza is) neglect. It makes all the difference in this book.

D´Souza really captures a man guided by a vision and a philosophy rather than by polls, a real leader rather than someone who went whichever way popular sentiment carried him. Reagan´s ideas about America and its relationship to the rest of the world were positive, contrary to popular thoughts and, as it turns out, right.

If you like Reagan, you will love the way D´Souza articulates how the man accomplished everything he did. If you don´t like Reagan, D´Souza´s look at Reagan offers the best argument I´ve encountered that you´ll have to counter in order to sway his supporters to your way of thinking.

Highly recommended. A great book about a great President.¤

5) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. Very informative. This book will give you a new appreciation for our recent history.¤

6) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press.

In this enlightening new look at one of our most successful, most popular, and least understood presidents, bestselling author and former Reagan aide Dinesh D´Souza shows how this "ordinary" man was able to transform the political landscape in a way that made a permanent impact on America and the world. Ronald Reagan is a thoughtful and honest assessment of how this underestimated president became a truly extraordinary leader.¤

7) Paperback Book Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader by Free Press. Dinesh D´Souza rates America´s 40th president as one of its greatest, right below Washington and Lincoln. He makes a forceful case for this rank, probably the best yet and perhaps the best possible. In the process, he analyzes Reagan´s leadership style with remarkable clarity and subtlety. Reagan seemed ordinary in so many ways, still, millions of people believed in him and followed him. Moreover, he is the patron saint of the modern conservative movement--something that he did not create, yet nonetheless came to embody. Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader is for readers already well-disposed toward the former California governor. It may not change minds, but it will deepen the appreciation felt by Reagan´s many admirers, who seem to miss the leader more with each passing day.¤

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