Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan

Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 9:30 a.m.

b'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\\u2019s foreign policy.\\n\\u25aa\\ufe0f\\nTimes\\xa0\\n\\n\\t\\u2022\\t01:32 Introduction\\n\\t\\u2022\\t02:09 Inheriting d\\xe9tente\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t06:13 The Soviet understanding\\n\\t\\u2022\\t09:56 Deterring strength, exploiting weakness\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t13:42 Religious Reagan\\n\\t\\u2022\\t17:32 Bush as teammate\\n\\t\\u2022\\t20:54 Win without fighting\\n\\t\\u2022\\t25:47 Contradictions\\n\\t\\u2022\\t30:00 South and Central America\\n\\t\\u2022\\t35:35 Gorbachev\\n\\t\\u2022\\t40:23 Did Reagan\\u2019s approach work?\\n\\t\\u2022\\t43:53 Kissinger\\n\\t\\u2022\\t45:09 Reagan as manager\\n\\t\\u2022\\t50:07 Reagan\\u2019s legacy on the Right'