>>I believe it was either you or Neocon who stated that Morris was impressed with the thoughtfulness of Reagan's journals, etc.
Oh, but look!
The author, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Teddy Roosevelt, was enlisted 14 years ago to write a definitive life based on extraordinary access to the President. In the end, the access was of little use, since
Reagan devoted most of their conversations to tired anecdotes, tall tales and evasions. Even less informative was the President's private diary.
nytimes.com
Never trust a book review Bout RR from a member of the New York Times editorial board, they were always wrong about Reagan:
As a hostile critic, Arthur Liman, chief counsel to the Iran-contra committee, said on reading Reagan's private journal: "I'm amazed at the clarity of his executive thinking, his modesty and lack of emotion. Not at all what I expected." And he had the moral courage to tell the simple truths that brought down an evil empire.
In a final moving "Epilogue," Morris attends an academic conference at which, amid some criticism, the dominant note is one of growing recognition that Reagan was one of our greatest presidents and that his greatest achievement was the toppling of the Soviet Union.
nationalreview.com
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