The Reagan I Knew
by William F. Buckley Jr.
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Author: William F. Buckley Jr.Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN: 0465009263
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: An Oddity: a Bad Buckley Book
Summary: 1 Stars
Bill Buckley should have quit when he was ahead.
Buckley had a marvelous career as a conservative icon, and he was one of the major reasons that Republican conservatives like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan ran for the highest office in the land (Reagan got there; Goldwater lost to Lyndon B. Johnson who was swept back into office in a wave of sympathy emanating from the JFK assassination).
In his 55th (and probably his final) book, THE REAGAN I KNEW, Buckley looks back fondly at the Reagan Administration. Too fondly, in this reader's opinion.
This reads more like a social column than a serious look at Ronald Reagan and his policies. Buckley was very, very close to both Reagan and his wife, Nancy, and a large part of this book is spent in chronicling the social activity between the conservative columnist (and his wife) and the Reagans. Buckley reprints far too much of the correspondence between himself and Reagan (and Nancy - to whom he consistently sends "pots of love"), and it is surprising how superficial that correspondence is.
Buckley wrote this book in the final months of his life (he died on Feb. 27, 2008), and while he was always a quick writer, this book reads like it was thrown together at the last moment. The book is gossipy in nature; and it offers little new on the Reagan presidency. Sad to say, this book should never have been published.
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