The Reagan Presidency
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The Reagan Presidency

Season 1
We begin with the events leading up to Ronald Reaganrsquos election to the presidency in 1980 and continues through his departure from office in January 1989 Unlike previous biographies on Reagan this series focuses solely on the presidency and global events that shaped policy and decisionmaking
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Domestic Affairs

    January 1, 2013
    55min
    TV-14
    A detailed discussion of domestic policy issues including the impact of the administrations tax decreases and tax increases supplyside economic initiatives aka Reaganomics fiscal and Fed policy especially around interest rates the impact of and debate over an increasing federal deficit bipartisan Social Security reform bipartisan tax reform the AIDS crisis the farm mortgage crisis and the
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  2. S1 E2 - Foreign Affairs In The Beginning

    December 30, 2012
    55min
    TV-14
    An indepth discussion on foreign policy including the Cold War superpower proxy wars in Central America and Afghanistan and new insights into Reagan administration policies in the Middle East Significant attention is given to President Reagans 1982 speech to the British Parliament to Reagans reversal of Americas policy of deacutetente to administration efforts to fund Contra forces in El Salvador
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  3. S1 E3 - Foreign Affairs At The End

    January 1, 2013
    55min
    TV-14
    We begin in 1985 with Mikhail Gorbachevs rise to General Secretary of the Soviet Union Under this new leadership Reagan and Gorbachev orchestrated a major breakthrough in the longrunning Cold War by agreeing to a series of SovietAmerican summits Following success at the first summit in Geneva SDI became a major stumbling block at the second summit in Reykjavik But change was clearly underway as
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