Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot

Max Boot, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for national security studies at CFR and a columnist for The Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Ronald Reagan’s life and his impact on U.S. foreign policy. 

 

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Mentioned on the Episode

 

Max Boot, “Reagan Didn’t Win the Cold War,” Foreign Affairs 

 

Max Boot, Reagan: His Life and Legend

 

Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

 

Shreya Chattopadhyay and Miguel Salazar, "22 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall," New York Times

 

Edmund Morris, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan

 

Ronald Reagan, "Address to the Nation About Christmas and the Situation in Poland"

 

Ronald Reagan, "Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger"

 

Ronald Reagan, “Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day"

 

“Ronald Reagan, Mastermind,” Saturday Night Live

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/ronald-reagan-us-global-leadership-max-boot