Assessing the Legacy of Ronald Reagan's Presidency

1981–1988: The Presidency of Ronald W. Reagan. The principal foreign policy framework for the Ronald Reagan administration rejected acquiescence in the Cold ... Nevertheless, Reagan will be remembered as the president who reversed the decades-old flow of power to Washington. By dismantling some federal ... He has held fewer news conferences and individual sessions with reporters than any president since at least Ronald Reagan. USA TODAY is the only ... Carter lost in a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. Former White House aide Stu Eizenstat used his eulogy to reframe the Carter ... Aiming to restore the country to a position of moral as well as military preeminence in the world, he called for massive increases in the defense budget to ... 38. Gerald R. Ford, 1974 - 1977, Republican ; 39. Jimmy Carter, 1977 - 1981, Democrat ; 40. Ronald Reagan, 1981 - 1989, Republican ; 41. George ... Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing ... Needless to say, President Ronald Reagan shut down Carter's consumer presence, replacing his appointments, deregulating the health, safety ... Ronald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian ... The outsider president was an outlier after his presidency ... After being mostly sidelined by the man who defeated him in 1980, Ronald Reagan ...