Reagan's Secret War

Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson talked about their book Reagan’s Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclread more

Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson talked about their book Reagan’s Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster (Crown; June 2, 2009). They contend that Ronald Reagan’s goal from the beginning of his presidency was to bring an end to the Soviet Union and believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was paramount in achieving this objective. The authors had access to formerly classified documents housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and cite National Security Council meetings that the former president chaired and first person accounts from the Reagan-Gorbachev summits to support their argument. After each made a presentation, that included displaying some documents they used in their research, they responded to questions from members of the audience.

Martin Anderson was formerly an economic policy adviser in the Reagan administration. Annelise Anderson was a senior policy adviser to the Reagan presidential campaign and associate d close

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Reagan's Secret War

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Program ID:
287225-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Forum
Location:
Simi Valley, California, United States
First Aired:
Jun 27, 2009 | 5:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Aug 29, 2009 | 9:30am EDT | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

  • Jun 27, 2009 | 5:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 27, 2009 | 11:02pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 28, 2009 | 9:04am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Aug 02, 2009 | 3:59am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Aug 29, 2009 | 9:30am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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