This is a YouTube of a podcast by the U.S. Naval Institute. This podcast discusses a book by Major Benjamin Griffin, titled Reagan's War Stories: A Cold War Presidency . The podcast is about Reagan and Gorbachev. The relationship they maintained, after they met in Geneva in 1985. Bill Hamblet is the host. He interviews Mr. Griffin. Griffin focused a lot on SDI, popularly known as "Star Wars". They speak about the Great Communicator, President Ronald Reagan. When Reagan died, Gorbachev visits Reagan's funeral, and gave his casket a pat. This caused a stir. The podcast goes into the break up of the Soviet Union. How Gorbachev was a failure, but that according to Griffin, he failed in ways that helped out. Putin didn't attend the funeral. The corruption in the Soviet Union was so corrupt that it collapsed, according to Hamblet and that Putin's Russia is also corrupt. His legacy is that he was the last Sovie...