American Experience Reagan: Part II (Season 10, Episode 7)
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TV Episode | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Reagan: Part II (Season 10, Episode 7)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Solidarity thrived in Poland; Soviets faced military pressure in Afghanistan, but Congress cut funding for Nicaragua. In 1986 Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev, but missile reduction talks failed over SDI research. The Iran-Contra scandal broke...See moreSolidarity thrived in Poland; Soviets faced military pressure in Afghanistan, but Congress cut funding for Nicaragua. In 1986 Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev, but missile reduction talks failed over SDI research. The Iran-Contra scandal broke. Gorbachev signed a missile reduction treaty. Reagan visited Moscow in 1988, but his dream of ending the Soviet Union came after retirement in 1989. Soon after, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This is the third of four parts. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Richard V. Allen Self Self See fewer	Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship (2022)
Martin Anderson Self Self See fewer	The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman (2007)
Yuri Andropov Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Howard Baker Self Self See fewer	The American President (2000)
James A. Baker Self Self See fewer	The American Ruling Class (2005)
John Barletta Self Self See fewer	CMT: True Grit (2006)
Alexander Bessmertnykh Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Helen Caldicott Self Self See fewer	Poison Dust (2005)
Lou Cannon Self Self See fewer	The Reagans (2020)
William Colby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Robert Dallek Self Self See fewer	Scarlett (1994)
Patti Davis Self Self See fewer	Tango & Cash (1989)
Michael Deaver Self Self See fewer	K Street (2003)
Mikhail Gorbachev Self Self See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
John Hutton Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Ted Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Chicago Hope (1994)
Anthony Lewis Self Self See fewer	Thinking Aloud (1984)
Chris Matthews Self Self See fewer	The Campaign (2012)
Robert McFarlane Self Self See fewer	The Reagan Presidency (2012)
Robert McNamara Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fog of War (2003)
Ed Meese Self Self See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Herbert E. Meyer Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Walter Mondale Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Reagan Presidency (2012)
Edmund Morris Self Self See fewer	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Lyn Nofziger Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Pavel Palazchenko Self Self See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Richard Perle Self Self See fewer	The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Joan Quigley Self Self See fewer	Life with Linkletter (1950)
Nancy Reagan Self Self See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Ron Reagan Self Self See fewer	Soul Man (1986)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Donald Regan Self Self See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Ed Rollins Self Self See fewer	Gerrymandering (2010)
George Shultz Self Self See fewer	The League
Richard Norton Smith Self Self See fewer	Inside the Presidency: Eisenhower vs. Nixon (2001)
Stuart Spencer Self Self See fewer	First Ladies (2020)
David Ogden Stiers Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Sergei Tarasenko Self Self See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Margaret Thatcher Self Self See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Helen Thomas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dave (1993)
Caspar Weinberger Self Self See fewer	Dateline (1984)
George F. Will Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Richard Wirthlin Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)