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Article: Two Historians, One Hard Task: Unraveling the Riddle of Reagan.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- March 28, 2005
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Byline: Glenn C. Altschuler
The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan, by John Ehrman. Yale University Press, 296 pages, $27.50.
Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980's, by Gil Troy. Princeton University Press, 417 pages, $29.95.
Although their desire to honor him still stops on a dime, even his detractors concede that Ronald Reagan was the most consequential President of the United States in the second half of the 20th century. Reagan dominated the national conversation, reviving Americans' patriotism and their optimism about the future. He legitimized and institutionalized conservative policies and politics.
But ...