Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism

by Peter Schweizer

Release Date: 15 October, 2002

Edition: Hardcover

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One man made all the difference

Peter Schweizer's book is perhaps the greatest untold story in the latter half of the 20th Century. Indeed, this book, and its predecessor, "Victory", make a compelling case that the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the wrong person.

The evils of Communism are not as well known as those of Naziism, but they were no less real. Few people thought it could be defeated without a devastating war, but there was one who felt it could be done: Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States.

Furthermore, the proof is not in the comments of the policymakers on the American side, but the expert reserach that Schweizer has done from the archives of the former Communist governments. Indeed, these archives themselves show the fact that Reagan was the person the communists feared the most, and that his strategy, carried out by men like William Casey and Casper Weinberger, WORKED.

Indeed, the hidden stories are the most revealing, from the collaboration of some Democrats with the Russians in an effort to undercut Reagan's policies to Reagan's longstanding support for anti-ballistic missile technology (dating to the late 1960s).

This gripping historical work showed how, over four decades, one man made all the difference with the mere belief that America was not only cpaable of winning the Cold War without starting World War III, but the will to act on that belief.

"Reagan's War" tells that story.

Communism was indeed a real threat!

Historically, it is of this reviewer's opinion that Ronald Reagan was too far to the right on the political spectrum. For instance, he was opposed to Nixon in regards to Detente, SALT, Civl Rights, and many of Nixon's more moderate iniatives. In fact, the most recent release of Watergate tapes where Nixon is is complaining about Reagan's character are a result of Reagan stealing Nixon's Southern support in the primaries. Quite simply, Reagan thought that Nixon was to progressive on Civil Rights and tried to capitalize on the South. The Southern strategy was actually utilized by Reagan. Despite some of Reagan's political beliefs, he was in fact right that Communism was a threat to the free world. This reader's favorite part of the book is Reagan's defiant battle with the Communists in Hollywood. It is easy for today's world to look back at the 1950s and laugh at the Red Scare and feel sympathy towards the poor Hollywood elite whose careers were ruined by McCarthyism. 'Reagan's War' reminds today's world that Hollywood Communists did want to control the medium of film to spread 'the people's wars.' And Reagan was able to stand up and conquer Stalinist Hollywood as he would defeat the Soviet Union in the 1980s. With today's uninformed and demented Hollywood elite, where is our Ronald Reagan to stand up to these wackos? Heaven knows, someone needs to stand up to the insanity of Martin Sheen, Rosie, and the George Clooney crowd.