Event Details

Historian, author, and CFR foreign policy expert Max Boot reintroduces us to one of America's most consequential and controversial presidents – and his lasting impact on the U.S. and the world. In conversation with Jim Falk.


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"A timely and fascinating book, just what we need to understand, and perhaps transcend, our current age of political paralysis and polarization…Understanding Reagan is key to understanding our politics today." –Walter Isaacson, author of "Elon Musk and Steve Jobs"

Speakers

  • Max Boot

    Max Boot

    Max Boot, historian and foreign-policy analyst, is a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a columnist for the Washington Post. His New York Times bestseller, "The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam", was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.

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  • Jim Falk (Host at WorldNow with Jim Falk)

    Jim Falk

    Host at WorldNow with Jim Falk

    Jim retired in March 2021 as president of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, a position he held for two decades; he is now its president emeritus. He served as Interim Executive Director of the Santa Fe Council on International Relations for seven months ending in March 2022 and is currently a member of the Board and chair of programs. Jim’s interest in travel and global affairs grew from his years spent in Tunisia where he attended a French lycée. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and earned his MA in Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia with a focus on international law and Middle East politics. Jim co-hosts McCuistion/Perspectives, a public affairs program, on KERA-Dallas. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of Morocco.

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