Reagan's Foreign Policy A Balancing Act of Triumphs and Controversies

When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the domestic challenges of inflation, unemployment, interest rates and energy shortages dominated the ... When Ronald Reagan entered office, the country was suffering from a deep recession and a hostage crisis in Iran. The crisis ended almost immediately after ... The paradox of President Reagan's leadership was that his certainty about simple problems ... Reagan was faced with a serious, substantive disagreement ... When these illegal acts were revealed in November 1986, Reagan suffered a greater one-month plunge in public support (from 67 to 46 per cent) than any president ... Reagan faced breast cancer, he was not a worrier. Ronald Reagan did not need the Presidency to feel good about himself or to vanquish some deep-seeded doubts. Although the economy improved during Reagan's final six years in office, there were two persistent problems. One was the federal deficit. Sustained economic ... In Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address, referring in 1981 to economic problems the nation faced at the time, he famously said that ... Donald Trump's rise to the White House can be traced to President Reagan's economic policies that “hollowed out the middle class.” The biographer is faced with a distinctive challenge when he has ... controversy today, as the wide range of historical literature shows. 1 Iran–Contra affair · 2 Department of Housing and Urban Development grant rigging · 3 Lobbying scandals · 4 EPA scandals · 5 Savings and loan crisis · 6 Operation ...