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Jacob Weisberg, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Slate Group; Former Editor, Slate Magazine; Author, Ronald Reagan

This program is part of the Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Since Ronald Reagan left office, he has been cast in marble by Republicans and dismissed by Democrats. The years 1981 to 1989 were a time of economic crisis and recovery, American assertiveness abroad, and an engagement with the Soviet Union that moved in surprising directions, laying the groundwork for the end of the Cold War. Weisberg provides a bracing portrait of Reagan and the ideas that animated his political career, including his belief that nuclear weapons were immoral and ought to be eliminated, helping us understand why his presidency turned out to be so consequential.