Reagan's Impact on American Culture A Shift to the Right

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 ... Indeed, by pledging U.S. power and legitimacy to defeating communism in Latin America, Reagan tapped into a deep tradition of asserting U.S. ... ... 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 brought inflation, interest rates, and unemployment sharply down, and ushered in a reversal of New Deal/Great Society big government. He ... What President Reagan did instead of redistributing tax dollars was to revitalize the economy and unleash a period of sustained economic growth, ... Because that's what it was to be an American in the 1980's. We stood, again, for freedom. I know we always have, but in the past few years the ... Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. · One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has ... It was Reagan who revived the war on drugs, which for all intents and purposes, had become moribund under the administration of President Jimmy ... Contents · 6.1 Escalation of the Cold War. 6.1.1 Strategic Defense Initiative · 6.2 Reagan Doctrine · 6.3 Central America and the Caribbean. 6.3.1 Invasion of ... Much is being written about Ronald Reagan's successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to his failures.