The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989

(NYTBR) - ... Reagan would doubtless have appreciated the way his legacy has turned liberal against liberal, but he’d probably welcome a more spirited conversation within his own coalition. Especially lately, because in the post-Bush era of conservative retrenchment, there has often been more sloganeering than substance in the way the Gipper’s would-be heirs remember him. He’s become a plaster saint rather than a living, breathing politician. Continued

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