The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America
by William Kleinknecht
New York: Nation Books, 2009.
317 p. ; 22 cm.
This book is a great antidote to the hagiography surrounding our 40th President, Ronald Reagan. Kleinknecht doesn't pretend to be unbiased, but lambastes the policies and legacy of the Reagan administration. However, the book is not just polemics, but a well researched investigation into activities of the Reagan administration and especially its powerful legacy of deregulation and redistribution of wealth upward.
The book is a bit long for general high school readers, but is indispensable for research into the politics of the 80s. The book is not a biography, but an analysis of the successes of the Reagan revolution - successes that Kleinknecht argues have made our society less equal, less compassionate, more consumerist, and more vulnerable to the predations of unfettered capitalism.
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