Reagan's Conservative Agenda Its Impact on American Values and Institutions

In the late 1970s, Reagan told Richard Allen, who would become his first National Security Adviser, that his long-term strategy for dealing with the Soviet ... Between 1984 and 2016, the Republicans were the party of Reagan, with his supporters claiming that he had reversed US economic decline, restored ... Reagan's economic legacy is mixed. On the one hand, tax reduction and a tightening of interest rates by the Federal Reserve led to a record period of peacetime ... “He looks like a Filipino.” Reagan accepted this unflinchingly. He started wearing wide-collar shirts to make his neck look longer and combing ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... He embodied the rebound of conservatism, running on a platform of military superiority combined with cuts to the overall federal government, and standing firm ... Reagan's success in changing the terms of the American policy debate affected Canadian public policy. Conservatives belatedly stimulated a ... In this letter, he writes, "I myself have been a life long Dem. but no longer." Reagan had only recently switched parties—he refrained from officially becoming ... Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981. His presidency marked a significant shift in American politics, ... ... Ronald Reagan's enduring impact on the nation and the office of the presidency. 00:00 – David Trulio, President and CEO of the Ronald Reagan ...