Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster Free Audiobook Download by Martin Anderson,Annelise Anderson

From the moment Ronald Reagan was elected as president of the United States, he knew something had to be done about nuclear weapons. He told his military advisors that "in order for us to break the momentum and reduce the chances of nuclear war, we have to confront the Soviets with a more powerful capability than they've got" in order to convince Moscow that it would be an expensive mistake for them to attack America's strategic nuclear arsenal. In 1980 when Reagan was just about ready to take office, he met with his new national security team and asked them what their plan was should an attack occur. They all replied saying that it would destroy the world and their plan was "to sit there and wait until they used up enough missiles that they couldn't do any more damage." Reagan then said "well I don't think so," and proceeded to tell them how he had a plan...

Martin Anderson, author of the book, Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster, tells about Ronald Reagan's secret war. He shares a story about how he was not even born yet when Russia exploded their atomic bomb and America's president became concerned. The idea for Reagan's Secret War came from that one event and it was a novel idea. Reagan wanted America to be so safe from nuclear weapons that people would say "we don't need them."

During the Cold War, Ronald Reagan conducted secret negotiations for peace with Soviet Union. This was his special duty. As president of the United States, Reagan had to secretly meet with Soviet leaders without any other countries or people knowing about it in order to prevent a nuclear war that would have destroyed the world.

Reagan became convinced that nuclear weapons were a threat to the world. He believed that if we could not end the arms race, then no one would. He began to plan what would happen if people learned of the existence of atomic weapons and decided it was time for action.

President Reagan's Secret War covers the critical period in President Reagan's life when he became convinced that nuclear war was imminent. Anderson details how his early love of the atomic bomb turned into a secret struggle to save the world from nuclear catastrophe.

When Ronald Reagan was president, he wasn't afraid to take on tough and controversial issues. He took a stand against the nuclear freeze by starting the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in 1983. This caused an uproar among many in the United States, including a few of his own advisers. But Reagan's idea for SDI would eventually become a success that helped save humanity from nuclear war.