Lou Cannon’s books on Reagan are fantastic. He tried to be very accurate and as he said: “neither a detractor nor a beautifier”
“beautifier” or “beatifier”?
To beatify comes from the root, “beauty,” but (due to its use as a Catholic term) has connotations of making a person’s interior beautiful. (A beatified person is one who has been recognized as blessed and “safe” to pray through since their will is not demonically influenced in opposition to Christ.)