The Dead Hand

February 8, 2011

David E. Hoffman: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race

By Camilla Groom Watch the event here.  With detailed insider knowledge David E Hoffman told the story of how the president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and the US president Ronald Reagan prevented the escalation of the Cold War into a full-blown conflict. As a reporter for the Washington Post Hoffman followed Reagan throughout […]


February 8, 2011 7:00 PM

Insight with David E. Hoffman: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race

David E. Hoffman, who worked for 27 years as a reporter and editor at The Washington Post, will be at the Frontline Club to discuss the relationship between US president Ronald Reagan and Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the dying days of the Cold War.