A Landmark Speech Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Address

Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Only a few years later, on Nov. 9, 1989, it was not Mr. Gorbachev but the German people who finally tore down ... In June 12th, 1987 Ronald Reagan gave a speech that became to be known as “Tear Down This Wall”. This speech was given during a time of conflict. Ronald... The persuasive speech Tear Down this Wall, written by President Ronald Reagan, used logos and pathos to effectively convince the Soviet Union to break down the ... Reagan's words reflected a shift that was underway as Soviet reforms and protests were pressuring the East German government to open barriers to the West. In summer of 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke to the citizens of Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Throughout his speech, “Tear Down This Wall”, ... Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was an American politician and the 40th president of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. In his 1987 speech given during a visit to ... Ultimately, by striving to end the nuclear arms race and avoid Armageddon, he contributed to the dynamics that led to the dissolution of the ... On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin ... The wall stood as a stark symbol of the decades-old Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia in which the two politically opposed superpowers ... The larger-than-life statue sits atop the US Embassy, near where Reagan gave his "tear down this wall" speech. Merkel thanked the US for its ...