This book is not pure biography because Noonan also describes in detail her interaction with Reagan. A touching passage is her description of seeing Reagan in 1994 and introducing her young son to the president who no longer remembered her. She brings special insight into Ronald Reagan’s history and personality. She brings her own reflections to Reagan to bear in When Character Was King. She discloses never-before-told stories from the former president’s family, friends, and White House colleagues to reveal the true nature of a man even his opponents now view as a maker of big history.

This book spans twenty years-a full generation-since Ronald Reagan first walked into the White House and lit a revolution. From the beginning, he enjoyed the American people’s love but now, as he approaches the end of his life, he has received what he deserved even more: their deepest respect. Noonan argues that the secret

Ronald Reagan is among the most popular presidents we’ve had. Noonan cites him as the “greatest.” Ronald Reagan is popular with the old today in part because they could see then and see now what the elites could never see, what it cost him to be him. They could see that it was a struggle from him to swim every day against the tide. And for everyone else, including the old, Reagan’s memory is held high and he is deeply respected and considered one of the greats because by defeating the Soviets and reigniting the American economy he reminded us of something that we needed to be reminded of. We can change the world. We can make it better. His entire presidency wordlessly declares, “We are not victims, we are not a nation on decline, we are not a country without meaning, we are not at the mercy of fates and forces. We have it within us to rise, to change our reality. We can make everything better.” When people saw that this was really possible our nation exploded with energy, spirit, and hope. Liberals like to say he made America feel better about herself. He let Americans be Americans again.

Peggy Noonan says character is the very essence of leadership, and one President who had it in spades was Ronald Reagan. History will remember Mr. Reagan as one of the greats of the 20th century -- right up there with Churchill, Pope John XXIII and John Paul II, Mother Teresa, and a few others. The world changers.

What do “the kids” think or know about Reagan? The people for instance, that are stationed on board the USS Ronald Reagan? They have less knowledge of Reagan than they have impressions. Their impression seems to be he was a pretty good guy. One example Noonan uses in her book, “The men and women on the USS Ronald Reagan, our newest aircraft c

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