Reagan's Relationship with Gorbachev Shaping East-West Relations

Reagan wrote, “As the foundation of my foreign policy, I decided we had to send as powerful a message as we could to the Russians that we weren' ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... In the depths of the 1981-1982 recession, Americans were far more displeased with their president and his policies than were their ... In April 2021, our nation marked the 40th anniversary of the attempt to assassinate President Ronald Wilson Reagan. On March 30, 1981, President Reagan and ... This Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's birth. The anniversary offers historians and politicians an opportunity ... Reagan's domestic policies had a major impact on the American people and have had for many years. He followed up the passage of the largest tax cut in U.S. ... Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, reflects on his journey through Washington, beginning with his work ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ... Many ways, but I will name just three. Positively, President Reagan's negotiations with Secretary Gorbachev set a precedent for compromise ... President Ronald Reagan, in a March 1983 speech, unveils his Strategic Defense Initiative that was intended to develop missile defense systems that would make ...