The Defense Buildup Under Reagan Confronting the Soviet Threat

The Justice Department pursued fines against the union. ... ” This dramatic statement and President Reagan's policies toward the Soviet Union generated a great ... 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 ... ... the broad parameters within which policies reflecting the Reagan administration's worldview have been adopted. ... Mondale's major criticism of US policy in the ... 20, 1989. His first task was to combat the worst recession since the Great Depression. Reagan promised the "Reagan Revolution," focusing on ... President Ronald Reagan's record includes sweeping economic reforms and deep across-the-board tax cuts, market deregulation, and sound monetary policies to ... In foreign policy he initiated a massive rearmament program to contain Soviet imperialism and expounded America's democratic faith without shame. In ... The foreign policy of Ronald Reagan was focused on defeating communism in the Soviet Union and preventing the spread of communism. Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, according to Reagan, "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers." Under the so-called Reagan ... 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, ... President Reagan had run a campaign that focused on his desire to tackle three challenges: the economic morass the nation was in, diplomatic ...