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Martin Anderson is a former assistant to the president for policy development, where he worked with Ronald Reagan on a daily basis on policy issues. Annelise Anderson was associate director of the office of management and budget, where she was responsible for the budgets of five cabinet departments and 40 other agencies. They are recognized experts on the writing and speeches of Ronald Reagan and have coauthored several bestselling books that highlight the existence of Ronald Reagan's thousands of handwritten radio commentaries, letters, speeches, and notes that document his personal and professional life. They both worked for Ronald Reagan in his 1976 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and in his 1980 campaign. They are now fellows at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. They live in Stanford, California.
Martin Anderson (August 5, 1936–January 3, 2015) and Annelise Anderson are recognized experts on the writing and speeches of Ronald Reagan. They have written several best-selling books highlighting the thousands of handwritten radio commentaries, letters, speeches, and notes that document Reagan's personal and professional journey in his own words. Their most recent book is Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster.