Turmoil & Triumph

Follow the rise of a future Secretary of State George P. Shultz through his early years military service academic path and Cabinet roles under President Nixon.

Inside Reagan’s White House Cabinet members clash over foreign policy as debates over Contra support expose tensions between advisors and Congress.

During the Iran-Contra fallout Reagan meets Gorbachev in Iceland for a nuclear summit but tension builds as Reagan resists abandoning the Star Wars initiative.