The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989 by Steven Hayward

After having already finished Hayward’s first book on Reagan (his pre-presidential years in politics), The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989 confirms that Hayward is so far the best biographer of Ronald Reagan. If you want to understand Reagan and his brand of conservatism–which along with William F. Buckley, Jr.’s were the cornerstones of conservatism in the second half of the 20th century, you need to read these two books by Hayward.