Lou Cannon (1933–2025)
Author of President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
About the Author
Lou Cannon covered Reagan for thirty-six years, first as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, later as The Washington Post White House correspondent
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Works by Lou Cannon
Official Negligence : How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1998) 60 copies, 1 review
Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy (2008) — Author — 26 copies
Ronald Reagan 1 copy
Associated Works
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributor — 457 copies, 5 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Cannon, Louis Simeon
- Birthdate
- 1933-06-13
- Date of death
- 2025-12-19
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- journalist
- Organizations
- San Jose Mercury News
The Washington Post - Relationships
- Cannon, Carl M. (son)
- Cause of death
- complications of a stroke
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
This is probably one of the most important books on police culture ever written. Lou Cannon was extremely through, accurate and fair in his presentation of the culture that hosted perhaps the most watched video taped event in American policing: the Rodney King Incident.*
Mr. Cannon guides the reader through a morass of complicated interlinked beliefs and values that made up the LAPD culture at that time. The issue is not whether one agrees with or disagrees with the way the culture of LAPD show more was, the important point is the in depth explanation of why it was the way it was.
For those who want to better understand police culture this is a must read. It is too bad that the book was not a better seller. Perhaps it wass timing, many had simply grown weary of Mr. King.
* I was interviewed extensively for this book and that is why I know Mr. Cannon was through, accurate and fair. show less
Mr. Cannon guides the reader through a morass of complicated interlinked beliefs and values that made up the LAPD culture at that time. The issue is not whether one agrees with or disagrees with the way the culture of LAPD show more was, the important point is the in depth explanation of why it was the way it was.
For those who want to better understand police culture this is a must read. It is too bad that the book was not a better seller. Perhaps it wass timing, many had simply grown weary of Mr. King.
* I was interviewed extensively for this book and that is why I know Mr. Cannon was through, accurate and fair. show less
Very good analysis of the man.
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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