Killing Reagan Book Review

According to Bill O’Reilly’s and Martin Dugard’s novel Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency, “Scores of police officers are called into line the route but cannot prevent the strikers from pelting the vehicles with rocks and bricks. Everyone on board is instructed to lie down on the floor to avoid being hit in the head by broken glass and projectiles.” The two authors later go to point out Reagan’s complete and utter hatred for the pro-communist protest by stating that “No matter that he has two young children and a pregnant wife at home, Reagan puts himself at risk in order to make a statement: he is not afraid.” These inhumane, personal threats he went through daily, not only allowed him to be completely certain of …show more content…
As his passion for politics increased, his passion to make a statement towards communism did too. His journey began as he traveled the country speaking on behalf of an anticommunist group known as Crusade for Freedom, in hope to raise money for Radio Free Europe. His determination to voice his opinion on the matter made way as his traveled to Washington to speak of the retribution that was caused due to the emergence of the party in Hollywood. Having reached the nation’s capital, Reagan expressed his views on the matter to a congressional group by saying
I believe that, as Thomas Jefferson put it, if all the American people know all of the facts they will never make a mistake. Whether the [Communist] party should be outlawed, that is a matter for the government to decide. As a citizen, I would hesitate to see any political party outlawed on the basis of it political ideology. However, if it is proven that an organization is an agent of a foreign power, or in any way not a legitimate political party—and I think the government is capable of proving that—then that is another matter. (O’Reilly & Dugard