Charlie Laderman, associate professor at the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, joins the show to discuss parallels between Reagan’s policy towards Cold War Poland and the crisis in Iran today.

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02:45 Comparing Iran and Poland

05:56 Reagan’s plan 

10:15 Reheating the Cold War  

12:26 ’81 coup

15:53 Sanctions and pressure

20:19 Constant agitation  

27:38 End of the Cold War

34:45 The violence of the Iranian regime 

37:55 Structural differences   

44:32 Exiled opposition

Read the article discussed in the episode - Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

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