The Reagan Diaries Selections (Abridged)

During his two terms as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, nearly two decades after he left office, this remarkable record-the only daily Presidential diary in American history-is available for the first time.

Edited by historian Douglas Brinkley, The Reagan Diaries provides a striking...