Leadership Under Fire Ronald Reagan's Trials and Triumphs as President

The tax cuts of 1981. Signed in August, these enactments were a major reduction in domestic expenditures and the Economic Recovery Tax Act of ... Several statistics of the Ronald Reagan Foundation tout significant achievements that resulted from Reaganomics over President Reagan's 8 years ... After 1985, many of Reagan's national security advisers, intelligence analysts, and political allies disdained the president's nuclear ... Reagan's fifth and sixth shutdowns happened over three big issues: crime, Title IX, and water projects. The crime bill, which Reagan ... Tax cuts were implemented to stimulate the United States' economy, which was facing double-digit inflation numbers and unemployment above 7 ... He faced a series of tough choices that would determine the fate of his Presidency and the long- term future of the U.S. economy. In coming days, the President ... President Reagan's term of office saw a somewhat analogous development in the much longer and slower-moving Cold War. He had left office when the Soviet Union ... to meet the challenges of the modern presidency in a relatively successful manner. For several reasons, even some presidential scholars have underestimated ... Ronald Reagan, the nation's 40th president, supported a free and ... Reagan had strong support among evangelical Christians. Although ... But it wasn't just about statistics. Humiliating failures of leadership at home and abroad throughout the previous decade had taken their toll ...