Reagan: The Road to the White House (TRIH ep 311, part 2)
1980 · Resource
This episode traces Ronald Wilson Reagan's transition from mid‑century Hollywood actor to national political figure. Holland and Sandbrook examine Reagan's 1964 alignment with Barry Goldwater that raised his political profile, his role as General Electric's television ambassador and plant tourer (which radicalised and honed his political rhetoric), and his marriage to Nancy Davis Reagan.
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Around 1980
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)