I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
Today, we've got what seems to me to be binary-choice politics: black and white, ones and zeros, either you are with me or against… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you look back at the fight against Communism, one thing that is striking is the degree to which we [the United States] were… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
He [Reagan] was who he was, and it was not complicated. You didn't get a different person in an interview. — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
My goal was to show the history of the end of the Cold War through both sides - the U.S. side and the Soviet… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his… — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details. — David E. Hoffman Copy Share Image
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