The Invisible BridgeThe Fall of Nixon and the Rise of ReaganBy Rick Perlstein(Simon & Schuster; 856 pages; $37.50)In January 1975, days after completing an eight-year run as California's governor, Ronald Reagan launched a series of syndicated radio commentaries. "If you're not familiar with the term 'boondoggle,' " he said during his first audio op-ed, "consider the fact that our federal government recently underwrote the cost of a study dealing with Polish bisexual frogs.
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