Reagan's Foreign Policy Assertiveness and Anti-Communism

Reagan inherited a struggling economy and embarked upon radical solutions to turn around American economic decline. Important measures included a reduction ... The Reagan Administration's goals are to: (1) promote cost containment and quality control through competition, and (2) shift the major elements of program ... Reagan's strategy in dealing with the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War involved reviving the U.S. economy, restoring American self- ... He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore “the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism. ... In foreign policy, ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... Although many aspects of Reagan's program predate his administration, he was able to implement the ideas of the radical Right in ways that will endure into the ... Reagan's Foreign Policy. The Reagan Administration also came to Washington determined to combat communism—especially in Latin America. Reagan imposes economic sanctions on Poland following that government's imposition of martial law. President Reagan considered regulatory relief, in which the Department of Labor was destined to play a major part, one of the cornerstones of the Economic ... His policies lowered the inflation rate from 13.5 percent in 1980, to 1.9 in 1986. Real GDP growth under Reagan averaged 3.5 percent, and it was ...