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On Reagan: The Man and His Presidency, by Ronnie Dugger

McGraw-Hill, 616 pp., $19.95 Oh no. Didn’t I just review this book a few months ago? No, that was the one by the Russian fellow, Arbatov, who talks like a liberal. At least Arbatov showed a mimic’s virtuosity: It can’t be easy to master the cliches of another culture. With Ronnie Dugger, alas, they all come straight from the heart. For six hundred pages.

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On Reagan: The Man and His Presidency, by Ronnie Dugger

McGraw-Hill, 616 pp., $19.95 Oh no. Didn’t I just review this book a few months ago? No, that was the one by the Russian fellow, Arbatov, who talks like a liberal. At least Arbatov showed a mimic’s virtuosity: It can’t be easy to master the cliches of another culture. With Ronnie Dugger, alas, they all come straight from the heart. For six hundred pages.