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TURMOIL & TRIUMPH: THE GEORGE SHULTZ YEARS

This three part series introduces viewers to a remarkable man who served during an unforgettable time in America’s recent history. Beginning Monday, July 12 at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

A CALL TO SERVICE The first episode introduces George Shultz through the details of his early life: his service as a U.S. Marine, his academic career as a free-market economist at MIT and as dean of the business school at the University of Chicago and his early cabinet posts as secretary of labor and secretary of the treasury under President Nixon.

As he’s sworn in as secretary of state under President Reagan, the war in Lebanon presents a dangerous diplomatic challenge. A second crisis boils over when it’s discovered that the CIA is secretly aiding Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Through it all, Shultz clings to one goal: to bring Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leaders together for the first time.

Shultz and Gorbachev George Shultz and Mikhail Gorbachev
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Secretary of State George Shultz (left) meets with the new leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in 1985.

Monday, July 12 at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD.

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