Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States — Season 1, Episode 8: Chapter 8 - Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Rise of the Right

Episode synopsis

Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter; Reagan and the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev powwow; and Reagan's legacy is examined.

About Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Chapter 1 - World War Two
• E2Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace
• E3Chapter 3 - The Bomb
• E4Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950
• E5Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World
• E6Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink
• E7Chapter 7 - Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune
• E9Chapter 9 - Bush & Clinton: American Triumphalism - New World Order
• E10Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror