{"product_id":"9780061740992_the-crusader","title":"The Crusader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the upcoming film Reagan starring Dennis Quaid and directed by Sean McNamara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Combining the skills of great story-telling with his commitment to scholarly detail, Paul Kengor has written an important book that also makes for a fascinating read. \u003ci\u003eThe Crusader\u003c\/i\u003e will not only entertain and inform, it will change minds.”\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003cb\u003ePeter Schweizer, bestselling author of Blood Money, Red-Handed, and Reagan's War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on extraordinary research, \u003ci\u003eThe Crusader\u003c\/i\u003e is a major reassessment of Ronald Reagan's lifelong campaign to dismantle the Soviet Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and Ronald Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e made presidential historian Paul Kengor one of the premier chroniclers of the life and career of the 40th president. With \u003ci\u003eThe Crusader\u003c\/i\u003e, Kengor returns with the one book about Reagan that has not been written: the story of his lifelong crusade against communism, and of his dogged—and ultimately triumphant—effort to win the Cold War and overthrow the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon reams of newly declassified presidential papers, as well as untapped Soviet media archives and new interviews with key players, Kengor traces Reagan's efforts to target the Soviet Union from his days as governor of California to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of what he famously dubbed the \"Evil Empire.\" The result is a major revision of US foreign policy history and an enhancement of what historians are only beginning to realize: that Reagan not only wished for the fall of communism, but had a deep and specific understanding of what it would take—and effected dozens of policy shifts that brought the USSR to its heels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crusader\u003c\/i\u003e makes use of key sources from behind the Iron Curtain, including one key memo that implicates a major American liberal politician in a scheme to enlist Soviet premier Yuri Andropov to help defeat Reagan's 1984 reelection bid. Such finds make this compelling presidential biography not just a work of extraordinary history, but a work of explosive revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Lifelong Crusade:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Reagan’s unwavering, decades-long fight against communism, from his early days in Hollywood to his final years in the White House, all driven by a singular mission to defeat the Soviet system.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Reagan Doctrine in Action:\u003c\/b\u003e Go beyond theory with a detailed account of the specific policy shifts and strategic decisions Reagan implemented to actively undermine the USSR and bring the Evil Empire to its knees.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeclassified Cold War History:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncover a revised history built on newly declassified presidential papers and, for the first time, untapped Soviet media archives that reveal what Moscow truly thought of the ‘crusader.’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExplosive Political Revelations:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the stunning details of a secret memo that implicates a major American liberal politician in a scheme with Soviet premier Yuri Andropov to interfere in the 1984 presidential election.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Paul Kengor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132720005269,"sku":"9780061740992","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061740992.png?v=1777422871","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061740992_the-crusader","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}