Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan

TheonlybiographyeverauthorizedbyasittingPresident--yetwrittenwithcompleteinterpretivefreedom--Dutchisasrevolutionaryinmethodasitisformidableinscholarship.ThirteenyearsofexhaustiveresearchinthearchivesofWashingtonandHollywood,andthousandsofhoursofinterviewswiththePresidentandhisfamily,friends,allies,andenemies,equippedMorriswithanunmatchedknowledgeofoneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestleaders.ThismonumentalworkoffersthemostinsightfulandelegantportraittodateofRonaldReagan:theyoung"Dutch,"themiddle-agedColdWarrior,andtheseptuagenarianChiefExecutive.Writtenwithimagination,yetalwaysanchoredbytheweightofresearchandfact,DutchstandsasbothalandmarkintheformofbiographyandanunparalleledhistoricalaccountoftheriseandruleofRonaldReagan.