Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frances FitzGerald gives us a wholly original portrait of Ronald Reagan. Drawing on extensive research, FitzGerald shows how Reagan managed to get billions in funding for a program that was technologically impossible by exploiting the fears of the American public. The Reagan who emerges from FitzGerald's book was a gifted politician with a deep understanding of the national psyche, and an executive almost totally disengaged from the policies of his administration. Both appalling and funny, Way Out There in the Blue is the most penetrating study of Reagan's presidency to date.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/12/2001
ISBN: 9780743200233
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.91lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.01w x 1.41d
Award: Helen Bernstein Book Award - Nominee
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner

Review Citations: New York Times 03/18/2001 pg. 24
Business Week 07/02/2001 pg. 22
Booklist 03/01/2002 pg. 1085