The President's World
A 'force of evil in the modern world'. President Reagan's description of the Soviet Union marked a new and tougher ideological stance for US foreign policy. The build-up of American military strength, the deployment of new missiles in Europe and the readiness for direct action in Grenada, Lebanon and Central America, showed the determination behind the policy. On the day the President arrives in Britain Tom Mangold reports on the reality and the rhetoric of his first term in the White House, and talks to the men who influence and direct America's foreign affairs.
Producer NICK HAYES Editor PETER IBBOTSON