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✍ Scribed by John R. Alexander

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Weight: 35 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 1093-6092
DOI: 10.1002/lia.1066

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✦ Synopsis

T his summer the world was transfixed by two events: the death of President Ronald Reagan and the transfer of political authority in Iraq from the United States to the new Iraqi government. In the case of the latter the stakes couldn't be higher, and the price paid in lives lost and injured has already been severe. Juxtaposed against this volatile and deadly crucible of Middle Eastern politics came news of Reagan's death. The outpouring of sentiment for the Gipper was heartfelt, if bathed in the glow of nostalgia for an earlier, seemingly happier era in the United Stateswhen the enemy (Soviet-style communism) was clearly identified and symbolically dispatched with the fall of the Berlin Wall, just after Reagan left office. These recollections of the Reagan era, however rose-colored, caused me to look for lessons of leadership that might be applied from Reagan's example to the present day. Although I wasn't a fan of many of his policies, I can't help admiring the way he handled himself as a leader.

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