marc j. selverstone associate professor miller center of public affairs university of virginia

Marc J. SelverstoneAssociate Professor

Miller Center of Public AffairsUniversity of Virginia

A Question of Freedom: Ronald Reagan and the Berlin Wall

American Institute for History EducationThe Teaching American History Liberty Fellowship

Miami-Dade County Public SchoolsSpring 2010 Colloquium

April 17, 2010

President Ronald W. Reagan

Alexander Haig

Alexander HaigCaspar Weinberger

Richard Perle

Reagan

Carter

19771981

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut.

Beirut, October 23, 1983

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.

Grenada, October 1983

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.

November 18: Congress approves aid to Contras.

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.

November 18: Congress approves aid to Contras.November 20: Screening of “The Day After.”

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983

October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.

November 18: Congress approves aid to Contras.November 20: Screening of “The Day After.”December 8: Soviets walk out of arms talks.

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983September 1: The Downing of KAL 007.October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.

November 18: Congress approves aid to Contras.November 20: Screening of “The Day After.”December 8: Soviets walk out of arms talks.

The “Hot Autumn” of 1983September 1: The Downing of KAL 007.October 23: Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut. October 25: U.S. invades Grenada.October 31: U.S. deploys GLCMs in England.November 2: “Able Archer.”November 18: Congress approves aid to Contras.November 20: Screening of “The Day After.”December 8: Soviets walk out of arms talks.

Ronald Reagan and Oleg Gordievsky

President Ronald W. Reagan

Mikhail Gorbachev

Reagan and Gorbachev, Geneva, Nov. 1985

Reykjavik, October 1986

Berlin, June 12, 1987

INF Treaty, December 1987

President Ronald W. Reagan