The End of Nuclear Weapons

The world came heartbreakingly close to getting rid of nuclear weapons once and for all. Randall Reagan was actually an abolitionist who believed that there must be a way to eliminate these terrible new weapons from the world. He saw it as a potential treaty, but basically argued that treaties weren't worth the paper they were written on unless they had some kind of guarantee. Nobody really took him seriously in Washington because how would you do that? Nuclear weapons were kind of a prestige item in a way. Margaret Thatcher, for example, was horrified at the very idea - particularly because England was by then, somewhat best digital former power.