The Iran-Contra Affair Reagan's Greatest Controversy

The Reagan administration dealt with many other foreign policy issues as well. Affairs in and around Southwest Asia continued to present multiple challenges ... ... problems of Soviet society. Because he was aware that he was on the wrong ... To Ronald Reagan, such two-faced behavior was anathema. Why support a ... 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 ... By 1980, the country was tired of the Democratic Party and facing problems such as inflation, unemployment, and oil shortages, in addition to a hostage ... And that is the issue of this campaign that makes all the other problems I've discussed academic, unless we realize we're in a war that must be won. Those who ... Several statistics of the Ronald Reagan Foundation tout significant achievements that resulted from Reaganomics over President Reagan's 8 years ... Ronald Reagan is beloved by American conservatives and by many ... Of course, Reagan also faced the challenge of getting spending cuts ... The paradox of President Reagan's leadership was that his certainty about simple problems ... Reagan was faced with a serious, substantive disagreement ... Adding to the impression of unfairness are the findings of the US Census Bureau, which reports that poverty has grown under the Reagan ... In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the election and quickly began implementing a program to counter these problems and associated "stagflation" through tax reduction ...