Reagan's Conservative Legacy Its Enduring Impact on Politics

... did so at the height of the Cold ... American right wing led by Ronald Reagan. This probably averted a long guerrilla war that would have ... He was the man to bring Conservatism officially into the Government. Most of what made him a great influence was during his presidency when he begn his plan to ... GWEN IFILL: Ronald Reagan was the oldest man ever to serve as president, the longest-living ex-president, and the first American president to ... For decades before coming into office, Reagan had criticized the spread of Soviet communism and the danger it posed. He compared communism to Nazism and ... Reagan's approach—applying intensive economic and military pressure to a superpower adversary—became foundational to American strategic thinking ... President Reagan showed a significant reduction in the number of unique words over time and a significant increase in conversational fillers and non-specific ... As laid out in my book, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, the shooting generated massive sympathy from the American public ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 ... Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. · One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has ... ... have the effect of ... Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Nash, George H. 2009. "Ronald Reagan's Legacy and American Conservatism." In The Enduring.