Opinions & Observations- Common Sense: Reagan revisionists just don’t get it
Beware of revisionist books about Ronald Reagan that are appearing this holiday season. These works, which use little first-hand period source material, are the most recent efforts by the Left to discredit a popular and successful president.
Like so many attempts to revisit history, these works attempt to psychoanalyze Reagan and then apply what the author deduced to current events.
Contemporaries both friend and foe wrote hundreds of books on the Reagan presidency in the decade following his retirement in 1989. Even his enemies gave him high marks for leadership. Most have complimented his ability to unite the American people and restore America’s standing in the world. In fact, if not for Reagan, the Cold War could not have been won by George H.W. Bush. All this occurred without a war and really only one serious military action in Grenada during his eight years in office.