Walter Isaacson writes intelligently about the Reagans in the New York Times Book Review today (registration required). At one point, I think he may have understated his case: “Reagan invaded fewer countries than most modern presidents — only bite-size Grenada, plus a body-snatch of President Manuel Noriega in Panama — preferring instead to use cutouts and contras to do the dangerous duty from Nicaragua to Afghanistan.” It was the first President Bush who went after Noriega.