Debuting a new book about former President Ronald Reagan, former top aides said that the policies of President Obama have led to slow growth and a reversal of the Gipper’s “peace through strength” policies that stifled American foes and crushed the former Soviet Union.

Former Attorney General Edwin Meese and former CIA and FBI Director William Webster said that Reagan is fondly remembered and often invoked by GOP presidential candidates because his policies revived the nation’s economy and foreign policy.