Reagan and the Media A Master of Public Relations

Reagan's final legacy is that he reignited Americans' optimism and restored Americans' faith in the presidency. We had become very pessimistic in ... In reality, he increased government spending, cut taxes and turned the United States from a creditor to a debtor nation. During his presidency, ... Reagan's vision was that America was a morally just nation, and freedom was deserved by every person in every nation. Again, this vision appealed to followers ... Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. ... He, like others, believed that America's influence might be terribly short- ... ... have the effect of ... Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Nash, George H. 2009. "Ronald Reagan's Legacy and American Conservatism." In The Enduring. ((Dwight Eisenhower's second term ended in 1960; Reagan's ended in 1988.)) Judged in the longer view, historians have been kind to him, ranking ... Ronald Reagan. Whether on the silver screen or the political stage, Reagan was durable, optimistic, American. Arms for Hostages poster ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... As president, he challenged many of the politically liberal programs that had dominated the federal government since the New Deal, and throughout his presidency ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ...