Cold War | Ronald Reagan: The Voice in the Wilderness Part 2

This American President

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.6 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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When Ronald Reagan was elected president, his critics worried he would escalate the Cold War--maybe even provoke World War III. Reagan, however, was planning the exact opposite: yes, he wanted to defeat the Soviet Union but he had an audacious plan to...

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0:00.0	In our previous episode, we covered Ronald Reagan's rise to the presidency, his unyielding opposition to communism, and his initial policies to confront the Soviet Union.
0:12.2	But there was another side to Reagan, the side that feared nuclear war and desired to end its threat to the world.
0:19.4	It was a side that few knew about, especially his critics.
0:23.3	The story of Ronald Reagan's quest to build a new, safer world
0:26.9	is the story of this episode of This American President.
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2:09.3	Music Reagan's hardline rhetoric and military buildup pleased his supporters, but terrified as critics,
2:14.2	especially those who felt that the best way to deal with the Soviets was to continue detente and sit down with them and forge agreements.
2:23.2	After all, throughout the 1970s, both Republican and Democratic presidents had worked with the Soviets to try to reduce the threat of nuclear war.
2:26.8	Reagan's critics were alarmed that his military buildup would provoke an arms race that would
2:31.2	put the world in danger and bankrupt the federal budget.
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