Presentation - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

"The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink"

| Dec. 08, 2022

Scholars continue to debate the role that President Ronald Reagan played in the peaceful end of the Cold War. "The Peacemaker" by Dr. William Inboden argues that Reagan devised a comprehensive strategy to both win and end the Cold War, by pursuing the Soviet Union’s “negotiated surrender.”  He did so by combining force and diplomacy in a consistent campaign of both pressure and outreach to the Kremlin throughout his eight years in office.  In particular, he sought to induce the Kremlin to select a reformist leader with whom he could negotiate, and thus foreshadowed Gorbachev’s accession to power.

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For Academic Citation: “"The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink".” Presentation, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, December 8, 2022.

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