American historian at the University of Texas — former NSC official under Bush — author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink — who studies the role of religion in US foreign policy.
Creates the most comprehensive account of Reagan's Cold War diplomacy — The Peacemaker's argument (that Reagan's Cold War success required simultaneous pressure and diplomacy, and that his religious faith was a genuine strategic factor) complicates both hagiographic and critical accounts.
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