2009 h-diplo H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables Volume X, No. 6 (2009) 3 March 2009 John Patrick Diggins. Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-393-06022-5 (hardcover); 978-0-393-33092-2 (paperback). Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Don Critchlow, John Ehrman, John Sloan Stable URL: http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-X-6.pdf Contents Introduction by Thomas Maddux, California State University, Northridge.............................. 2 Review by Don Critchlow, Saint Louis University ..................................................................... 9 Review by John Ehrman, Independent Historian ................................................................... 14 Review by John Sloan, University of Houston ........................................................................ 20 Copyright © 2009 H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online. H-Net permits the redistribution and reprinting of this work for non-profit, educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the author(s), web location, date of publication, H-Diplo, and H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For other uses, contact the H-Diplo editorial staff at
[email protected]. H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews, Vol. X, No. 6 (2009) Introduction by Thomas Maddux, California State University, Northridge ohn Diggins passed away on January 28, 2009. The New York Times obituary is available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/arts/30diggins.html. I regret that the usual Jpublishing delays prevented Professor Diggins from being able to complete his response, which he had planned to write after his release from the hospital. Diggins’ response would have been as challenging and thoughtful as the book under review and his next, unpublished one, on Reinhold Niebuhr.