A Conversation with Kenneth Adelman

Recent polls show that Americans feel that President Obama displays a lack of leadership and competence. Compare this to how Americans felt about Ronald Reagan when he was president. Earlier this month was the tenth anniversary of President Reagan’s death, and Americans still fondly remember him as someone who instilled a sense of pride in the presidency and in the nation itself. Part of this was due to his foreign policy of “peace through strength,” and “trust but verify.” Ken Adelman, the author of the just published book, Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War, as well as the UN Ambassador and Arms Control Director under President Reagan spoke to American Thinker about these two presidents. The book is a dramatic first-hand account of the historic 1986 Reagan- Gorbachev summit in Iceland. They met for forty hours to discuss important issues of the day such as the Strategic Defense Initiative and the possibility of eliminating...(Read Full Article)