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The Reagan Diaries

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The Reagan Diaries
AuthorRonald Reagan, edited by Douglas Brinkley
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreDiary
PublisherHarper Collins
Publication date
May 22, 2007
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages784
ISBN0-06-087600-X
OCLC85850929
973.927092 B 22
LC ClassE877 .A3 2007

The Reagan Diaries is an edited version of diaries written by Ronald Reagan while he was President of the United States.

The book is edited by Douglas Brinkley. The unedited version of Reagan's diaries were published in 2009. Ronald Reagan was president for eight years. During his terms in office, Reagan wrote in his diary about conflicts with the Soviet Union, the Iran–Contra affair, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and his Alzheimer's diagnoses.[1] The edited diaries reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Reagan's original diary is on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

References

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  1. Shribman, David. (22 May 2007). "'Diaries' reveals the man behind the presidency". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-06-16.