September 10, 2024
Chatter: Ronald Reagan Reassessed, with Max Boot
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Council on Foreign Relations fellow, Washington Post columnist, and author of military history books Max Boot has just completed a definitive biography of Ronald Reagan, eleven years after starting his research and writing for it. He joined David Priess to talk all about Reagan, including his appeal as a biography subject, his World War II experience, his speech preparation, his turn from New Deal Democrat to right-wing Republican, his path to electoral politics, his management style, his optimism, his pragmatism, his influence on pop culture in the 1980s, his role in ending the Cold War peacefully, his movies, and more.
Works mentioned in this episode:
The book Reagan: His Life and Legend by Max Boot
The movie Kings Row
The movie Bedtime for Bonzo
The movie Knute Rockne All American
The book The Unwinding by George Packer
The book Desert Star by Michael Connelly
Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Jay Venables and Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.
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