Notables during Reagans presidency-freed Iranian hostages-Lebanese War-Russian bombing of Korean Airplane-El Salvador Civil War-Reagans son Ron was a spoiled little brat. He seemed to cause more trouble than the other Reagan kids-Grain Embargo-Reagan gets frustrated with George Will, Jack Kemp, Tip Oneil-Reagan spent alot of time writing or revising speeches-Press is just as biased and dishonest as it is today except Foxnews didn't exist-did anyone know there was a hostage situation in Oct 1983 while Reagan was in Augusta, GA? Me either.I know now-the weekend of Oct 22-23 1983 was busy for the president... The hostage situation, Grenada and the bombing in Beirut killing 100 marines supposedly by Iran-Gaddafi is an issue then and an issue now...-Patti is almost as bad as Ron Jr.-Environmentalists are a problem then as they are now-Interesting Reagan quote regarding nuclear reactors...”We have to get rid of excessive regulations to cut the building time on reactors now 12-14 years down to 5 to 7 as it using other countries.”-issues with unions...Guess history repeats itself... Will we ever learn? Scoop Jackson a senator during Reagan era says “In areas of national Security, the best politics are no politics” -Margaret Thatcher says “ The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money” -Jesse Jackson was mentioned a few times. He went to Lebanon and came back with a marine that had been held hostage. He went to Cuba and “returned with 40 odd prisoners Castro allowed him to bring home” You can tell Reagan didn't care for him but he did a few positive things. Finally son Michael is mentioned but it isn't good. Reagan thinks he has mental problems. --Maureen seems to be the closest to the Pres.-More hijackings...PLO based-Reagan did have cancerous polyps removed from his colon as well as carcinoma off his nose.-Reagan liked being Pres. He worked hard, established good relationships with his staff. He ate lunch with George Bush a lot.-Jack Kemp seems to always give Reagan a hard time. And I believe he is on his side. Interesting....One thing that is very obvious through this whole book is, Ronnie LOVES Nancy Whenever something bad happens in the US, Reagan cancels any activities he has saying "It wouldn't be seemly for me to be out socializing". Wish our current president thought that way...instead of playing golf. Thatcher and Reagan had a great relationship. I just read an article today in the Daily that expressed the same thing and compared it to Obama and Cameron who do not have a relationship even close to Reagan and Thatcher. It took me WEEKS to read this book. That is really the only negative. It was so long, I began to lose interest. I recommend reading Reagan’s biography by Edmund Morris and then reading this. This is very personal but the most notable moments are not really emphasized in this book. For example, the day when Reagan says “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall” is briefly mentioned as a speech he gave in front of thousands of people. I feel like I was in Reagan’s head for 8 years reading this. I think he liked being President. He worked hard and seemed to want to do the right thing. I am very glad I read this. It reminded me why I have become a Conservative Republican.