The Reagan Revelation

摘要

Before He Became An Icon, Ronald Reaganrnwas a paradox: a complex man who appeared simple, at once a genial fundamentalist and a In May 2010, Barack Obama In-conservative innovator. As America's oldest President, he found his most fervent support-ers among the young. The only divorced man to occupy the Oval Office, Reagan as President rarely attended church. He enjoyed a relation-ship with his own children best described as intermittent. Yet his name was synonymous with traditional values, and he inspired millions of the faithful to become politically active for the first time. During eight years in the White House, Reagan never sub-mitted a balanced budget or ceased to blame Congress for excessive spending. He presided over the highest unemployment rate since World War II and one of the longest peacetime booms ever.