Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan

School of War · Nov 15, 2022 · 55m

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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Times

• 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…