Cannon, Lou

Chronicles Ronald Reagan's years as governor of California and explains how his term helped launch his political career, eventually landing him in the White House.

The author has interviewed hundreds of the administration's major people, taking us behind the scenes in the Oval Office, through every act of the eight-year Reagan reign.

An account of the events and the subsequent changes in the Los Angeles Police Department that began with the beating of Rodney King by police officers on March 3, 1991, and cumulated in the Riots of South Central Los Angeles when the police officers were aquitted of the beating.

An account of the events and the subsequent changes in the Los Angeles Police Department that began with the beating of Rodney King by police officers on March 3, 1991, and cumulated in the Riots of South Central Los Angeles when the police officers were aquitted of the beating.

The author has interviewed hundreds of the administration's major people, taking us behind the scenes in the Oval Office, through every act of the eightyear Reagan reign.