An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

311: Reagan: The Road to the White House (Part 2)

March 09, 2023

Description

His Hollywood career drying up, Ronald Reagan works both for the Screen Actors Guild and General Electric in the 1950s. Building connections with the Californian elite, and having gained national...
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Books Referenced

Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography

Author: Kitty Kelley

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Referenced in the context of claims about Nancy Reagan and astrology, implying she wrote about the Reagans

Reagan's America: Innocents at Home

Author: Gary Wills

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Explicitly mentioned as a book from the 80s that discusses how General Electric was key to Reagan's political development

Reagan: An American Journey

Author: Bob Spitz

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Referenced multiple times as having written a biography of Reagan with detailed descriptions of Reagan's General Electric plant visits and campaign appearances

Reagan, In His Own Hand

Author: Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson (eds.)

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Referenced as a book containing Reagan's radio scripts from the 1970s, demonstrating his skill as a writer and communicator

Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power

Author: Lou Cannon

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Mentioned as having written 'the first really great books about Reagan' in the context of discussing Reagan's pragmatic governorship of California