Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years, (Paperback)

from Razinha

Less an indictment of Reagan than that of the US at the time (hence the subtitle), Johnson presents a different look than the nostalgic "we miss Reagan" fans remember. This is the Reagan *I* remember: the teflon coated abuser of power who surrounded himself with more crooks than Nixon. Now to rea...

from bibliosk8er

Great read. If you worship President Reagan, you will hate this book, but you should read it.

from ABVR

Sleepwalking Through History presents itself as a first-draft history of America in the 1980s. In fact, it's something subtly but significantly different. Haynes Johnson is a political reporter, and Sleepwalking is a political book. The material that's not overtly about politics gets tied to poli...