Reagan's War
The Epic Story of his Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism
Chapter One
ONE-MAN BATTALION
Tall, tanned, and dark-haired, Ronald Reagan was often seen driving his Cadillac
convertible on the open boulevards of Hollywood in late September 1946. He had
been in pictures for almost ten years now. Superstardom had eluded him, but he
was a star nonetheless. Only a few years earlier, a Gallup poll had ranked him
with Laurence Olivier in terms of popularity among filmgoers.
Reagan knew that superstardom would probably never come, openly admitting to
friends, "I'm no [Errol] Flynn or [Charles] Boyer." But life was comfortable. In
August of 1945 he had signed a long-term, million-dollar contract with Warner
Brothers. He was making more than $52,000 a picture and would take home the
princely sum of $ ... read full excerpt from Reagan's War ebook
