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From the bestselling team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard comes Killing Reagan, a page-turning epic account of the career of President Ronald Reagan that tells the vivid story of his rise to power -- and the forces of evil that conspired to bring him down.
Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?
Told in the same riveting fashion as Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton, Killing Reagan reaches back to the golden days of Hollywood, where Reagan found both fame and heartbreak, up through the years in the California governor's mansion, and finally to the White House, where he presided over boom years and the fall of the Iron Curtain. But it was John Hinckley Jr.'s attack on him that precipitated President Reagan's most heroic actions. In Killing Reagan, O'Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the scenes, creating an unforgettable portrait of a great man operating in violent times.
- Sales Rank: #2143 in Books
- Brand: MacMillan Publishers
- Published on: 2015-09-22
- Released on: 2015-09-22
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Format: Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.49" h x 1.21" w x 6.38" l, 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
About the Author
Bill O'Reilly is the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, the highest-rated cable news show in the country. He is the author of many number-one bestselling books, including Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton.
Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons.
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732 of 816 people found the following review helpful.
A Disappointing and Suspect Portrayal
By Mark E. Quartullo
As an “O’Reilly Factor” and “Killing…” books fan, I was looking forward to the latest entry of the series that has somewhat reignited a degree of historic interest among many in the “historically-challenged” US population. By spotlighting one of our greatest presidents – and written by a seemingly objective conservative pundit who I believed would ensure fair treatment – I assumed it would stand as a credible addition to the voluminous scholarship on President Reagan.
As difficult as this is to write, I can only say that I was wrong. To my surprise and disappointment, it is perhaps the most factually distorted, negatively skewed, and misleading portrayal I have read on one of our greatest and most influential presidents.
Like the previous books in the series, “Killing Reagan” is succinct and pointed in its assertions, with a rigorous pacing that brings it in at approximately 289 pages. Yet, despite its efficient prose, the book fails in the following areas: 1) Several factual inaccuracies (either by omission of key caveats or the appropriate context); b) “Tabloid-fodder” assertions or rumors ill-sourced or assumed (but not proven) to be true; c) Selection of numerous events designed to reflect negatively on Reagan; d) Unproven negative and arbitrary opinions of Reagan and his capabilities are littered throughout.
For example, I spotted over 30 factual errors, debatable points, or suspiciously sourced “tabloid-like” assertions that immediately undercut the book’s credibility. In addition, there were several anecdotes cited that required caveat or “the full story,” which is something O’Reilly prides himself as always providing but fails to do here. These include:
- Assertion that the Reagan campaign “cheated” by having “stolen” Carter’s briefing notes for their only debate in 1980 (P. 8). The book openly speculates that it was Nancy who stole them, which is unsupported. Also, O’Reilly could have mentioned that it was also revealed that the Carter camp had acquired an insider analysis on RR’s debate preparation from a mole inside of the campaign, pretty much evening things out. Of course, although fairly common in all political campaigns, neither course was ethical but they were also not illegal (in a word, that’s “politics”). Yet, only telling one side is factual inaccuracy by omission, implying that RR somehow “cheated” his way to victory in the debate and perhaps the election.
- Characterizations of numerous sexual escapades, alleged extra-marital affairs in 1952 (which prevented him from being at the birth of his daughter, Patricia Ann; P. 49), and a rumored one in 1968 as Governor (P. 83) – allegations exaggerated or never proven. Yet, the authors write as though they are factual, again negatively depicting RR’s character.
- Repeated assertions of the Reagan’s obsession with Astrology and Nancy’s erratic personality, which were cited in Don Regan’s memoir, “For The Record,” and Kitty Kelley’s “Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography” – which are both known for their exaggerated and tabloid-like attacks on particularly Nancy Reagan. “Killing Reagan” provides that RR himself also took Astrology seriously, even though neither Regan, Kelley or any other source has claimed this. Also, due to the fact that both authors had an axe to grind, using either source as credible casts great doubts about the validity of the book’s assertions.
- In several passages, Reagan is described as “not a great intellect”, “passive,” “stubborn,” “disengaged,” “puts little effort into fatherhood,” “has his good days and bad days,” “in permanent decline,” “visibly frail,” “naps frequently,” “delegates much power to Nancy,” “spends hours during the day watching television reruns,” and other swipes that amount to little more than petty slights, or arbitrary and/or parroted opinions. They are also conveyed absent of any positive behavior or characteristics, creating a wholly negative depiction (see P. 83).
- Regarding Iran-Contra, O’Reilly writes: “Although two key members of the conspiracy …North…and…Weinberger, made it clear Reagan knew what was happening, no charges were ever filed against the president” (P. 224). This is not true. While Reagan knew of the sales to Iran (which he admitted), no evidence has ever been found that proves RR knew about the diversion of funds. Also, neither Poindexter, North, or Weinberger ever testified that RR actually knew of this.
- Erroneous and/or incomplete depiction of RR and the Falklands War (PP. 199-211). The authors' message here is that RR opposed the British re-taking of the Falklands and repeatedly tried to convince Thatcher to abandon the effort because Argentina was supporting US operations against Cuban and Nicaraguan Communists in Central America. Yet, the authors fail to mention that Reagan actually did covertly support the British effort by providing USAF resources on nearby Ascension Island (for aerial operations), Sidewinder missiles, logistics materials and other support. Thatcher specifically thanked RR for this in one phone conversation in late June 1982. Yet, the authors’ depiction leaves one with the impression that RR stubbornly opposed Britain and was later beaten down by Thatcher for it (PP. 208-211). It also makes no mention of how RR deftly towed a fine line between both Argentina and Britain, ensuring their future support. Again, a relative positive turned into a negative.
- The authors catalog every gaffe, embarrassing moment, and perceived lapse of Reagan and his presidency without mentioning the many good moments. These would include his comforting words on the Challenger disaster, Reykjavik summit, and seminal speeches from the 40th D-Day anniversary, Notre Dame, British Parliament, SDI, “Evil Empire” speech, and many others. Rather, O’Reilly prefers to provide significant space to Iran-Contra, the potential invocation of the 25th Amendment due to Reagan’s suspected “senility,” and even August 1984’s “we’re doing all we can” tongue-tied incident at the Ranch. They seemed determined to merely hand-wave his successes (P. 224), yet spend nearly the entire book citing anything resembling a failure or foible.
There are other examples but the overarching message is this: “Killing Reagan” is a pointedly negative portrait of a great president and American legend. Their depiction is almost “bi-polar,” simultaneously portraying a dubious, semi-senile blunderer who somehow magically comes to life when pursing the destruction of Communism. O’Reilly’s Reagan is a physically and mentally deteriorating actor and mediocrity whose wife and staff are secretly running the country; whose brilliance is sporadic and ever decreasing due to the onset of Alzheimer’s and/or dementia-like symptoms – something never proven and pointedly denied by RR’s doctors and everyone who worked with him daily while President. Yet, this doesn’t prevent O’Reilly from citing it as credible and/or a fact.
Martin Dugard apparently led the research on this, and sourcing selections provides clues as to why the book is so negative and “tabloid-like.” In other terms, citing severely inaccurate or skewed sources like Kitty Kelly’s “Nancy Reagan…,” James Clarke’s “Defining Danger…,” and Mayer and McManus’ “Landslide: The Unmaking of the President” (among others) automatically calls into question his intentions of getting it right. Based on this, the book inevitably skews negative when their content is adopted and expanded as they are throughout the book.
The radical Reagan-haters of the L3 (i.e., Leftist Liar Lowlifes) continue to lie about RR in a failing attempt to somehow diminish or “delegitimize” his presidency for their own ideological purposes. They “cherry-pick” facets that benefit their arguments without ever proving their claims and/or providing the full story. And, because they cannot factually win the debate on RR’s legacy, they routinely resort to personal slander to marginalize both Reagan and those who would defend him. Dissent is not tolerated in their crusade to re-write history to discredit the success of opposing ideas.
Thus, good scholarship is essential to ensuring that the facts of history are not lost to politically-motivated historical revisionism. Unfortunately, this book adds to the increasingly discredited Reagan-hater attacks. By trying not to “lionize” Reagan, O’Reilly and Dugard diminish him and his legacy with continuous negativity and veiled personal attacks throughout.
“Killing Reagan” is the biggest publishing disappointment of the year and should be regarded for what it truly is: the “historical” equivalent of a fast food meal. Despite its initially attractive qualities, it is wholly unsatisfying and even destructive to one’s sense of fulfillment and taste. The title more or less describes what it inadvertently does or tries to do to Reagan and his legacy.
258 of 292 people found the following review helpful.
Hatchet Job
By No BS guy
This is certainly the worst of O'Reilly's increasingly disappoint "Killing" series. First of all, Reagan didn't die. Secondly, this badly written book must have been ghost written. It is poorly done. Third, as is happening more and more with the "Killing" books, it is all back story. Most of the early part of the book is devoted to biographies of other folks like Nixon and Ford. Too much time is spent on Reagan's not very exciting acting career. You are more than 2/3rds of the way through the book before Reagan is even elected president. It portrays Reagan's entire life in a negative light. This is a weak book by an increasingly weak author(or a poor ghostwriter).
332 of 378 people found the following review helpful.
You are better off reading many other books on Reagan, than this
By wutanglen
I am a big fan of the O'Reilly Factor show, so I am not writing this not so good review with any bias against Bill O'Reilly. However, Bill O'Reilly tends to be a bit disappointing. I have in the past fallen prey to a book or two of his that was simply a reprint of interviews I had seen on the Factor.
The Pro's of the Book: It is written in a style that makes it a quick and fairly entertaining read. Even though I have a pretty in depth history background, I am not one of these people that has problems with popular history. There is absolutely nothing wrong with popular history, and if it were not for popular history like Walter Lord or Bruce Catton, I would never have become so interested in history. So, if I was someone who knew little about Reagan or just wanted a beach read, this book is ok in that respect. Also, it was very interesting when it did go into some detail on John Hinckley JR, there I read stuff I had not read previously. Unfortunately the book surprisingly went into not much detain on Hinckley or the actually assassination.
Unfortunately, this book had many con's for me. First off, for a fairly conservative commentator on what was once a conservative network, I was surprised at how anti-Reagan this book came off to me. This book portrayed Reagan as suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease much earlier than more scholarly and more recent works have. Also, the book was very gossipy, with a lot of time spent on alleged affairs and relationships of Reagan, again stuff that I had not read or seen in any recent and more scholarly in depth studies of Reagan. The book dwelled well too much on this type of stuff, which would have been more appropriate in a book on Clinton, LBJ or JFK. If these allegations were true, why was it not in other more reliable studies of Reagan? Also, the book really does not spend much time on the actually assassination attempt or enough on Hinckley. However, we get several pages on the British war in the Falklands, a map of Chappaquiddick, and a detailed map on where in California the Reagan ranch was. Just did not seem to make sense to me. Also, not that Nancy Reagan is perfect, but the book seemed a bit overboard in criticism of her.
It is not that this book is terrible, it is entertaining and a quick read however, for the 16.42$ you can do much better on Reagan. First off, there are many great collections of Reagan's writings including: A Life in Letters, Reagan's Path to Victory, and even the very touching letters he wrote to Nancy. For in depth, almost exhausting study of Reagan, Steven Hayward's Age of Reagan books are the best. After reading either volume you will know just about all there is about Reagan. However, O'reilly would probably point out those books are for pinheads and regular folks are not going to read that stuff. And that may be true, but there are also some wonderful popular histories of Reagan, that are very readable and filled with more accurate information and are probably more reliable. For the assassination itself: Rawhide Down is an incredible book, not a long book at all, but what a story about what did happen in the assassination and what the secret service did to save him and how the doctor's saved the President. This is the book Killing Reagan should have been but is not. Craig Shirley has written two easy to read but highly detailed books on Reagan's 1976 and 1980 elections, top notch stuff. Finally, while again I paid 16$ at Sam's for the Killing Reagan book and got a map of Reagan's house in California, for 2$ more at Sam's I bought HW Brands recent Reagan: The Life, which while not a perfect book, is a fantastic one volume summary of Reagan's life. HW Brands who is I think moderately liberal, presents a way more favorable assessment of Reagan than conservative commentator O'Reilly. Again, if you want in depth, read Hayward or the primary sources, if you want popular history you are way better off reading the HW Brands book than this one. Killing Reagan is something you are better off taking to the library and reading at the beach or while you kids has soccer practice.
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