The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand

The most important biographical record of the Reagan years--from the Reagan governorship to the th Presidents period in the White House--had not been written until now it is the story of Ronald Reagans indispensable man confidant and single most important advisor William P Clark known to many as simply The Judge With his record resumxE and the respect he earned from so many quarters why did Bill Clark never pen an autobiography Why did he never write memoirs even while less influential advisors advanced their stories in the s proclaiming theirs to be the authoritative insiders account of the Reagan presidency Why did Clark not write that story as everyone--from top Reagan officials such as Cap Weinberger to authoritative Reagan biographers such as Lou Cannon--urged him to do Bill Clarks reluctance to promote himself stopped him from picking up pen and paper Instead at long last he acquiesced to the writing of this biography Paul Kengor did the convincing and Pat Clark Doerner worked with Clark painstakingly to review the manuscript Kengor and Doerner together wrote this fascinating account of one mans life from a ranch house to the White House and then again back to the ranch--to what Ronald Reagan called the sunset of life Reagan biographers such as Edmund Morris and major publications like the New York Times Magazine and Time all agree Bill Clark was Ronald Reagans single most trusted aide perhaps the most powerful national security advisor in American history His close relationship with Reagan allows special insight into the President as well as other close friends from the earliest Reagan years Lyn Nofziger Cap Weinberger and Bill Casey Also featured are the exquisite Clare Boothe Luce the elegant Nancy Reagan the mercurial Alexander Haig Britains Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Frances wily FranxEois Mitterrand the saintly Pope John Paul II and an anxious Saddam Hussein among others With Reagan Clark accomplished many things but none more profound than the track they laid to undermine Soviet communism to win the Cold War As this book shows Ronald Reagan and Bill Clark two ranchers a President and his top hand truly changed history At long last over two decades after that significant accomplishment Bill Clark shares the details of that extraordinary effort many of which--as readers of this book will learn--have never before been reported.