I looked forward to reading this book. As I began I was at first impressed by the author's study of his subject and expected a fair accounting of the good and the not so good. I finally had to quit reading on page 367, I just couldn't stand it any longer. I completely agree with previous reviewers of this book who describe the author's smug, arrogant, elitist, self-important writing style. The author's use of nonexistent characters to utter unqualified remarks about Reagan indicated to me that the author is not to be trusted. There was more about the author's imaginary friends than there was about Reagan. I hate "revisionist history" and this book is the ultimate in history abuse. How this book got to be an "authorized" biography would probably be an interesting story in itself. I feel cheated that I spent good money on this book.