Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan
William Inboden, executive director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, joins the show to discuss Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy.
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Show Notes
William Inboden, executive director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, joins the show to discuss Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy.
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• 01:32 Introduction
• 02:09 Inheriting détente
• 06:13 The Soviet understanding
• 09:56 Deterring strength, exploiting weakness
• 13:42 Religious Reagan
• 17:32 Bush as teammate
• 20:54 Win without fighting
• 25:47 Contradictions
• 30:00 South and Central America
• 35:35 Gorbachev
• 40:23 Did Reagan’s approach work?
• 43:53 Kissinger
• 45:09 Reagan as manager
• 50:07 Reagan’s legacy on the Right