Ronald Reagan's Enduring Influence Shaping American Destiny

Reagan had the single largest number of cabinet members and staff who were convicted criminals, more than any President in US history - ... Reagan was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild, the labor union for actors, where he worked to root out Communist influence. In the 1950s, he ... But history will remember Reagan as the first Cold War president to preside over eight years of unbroken peace, the first to reach an arms reduction ... ... have the effect of ... Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Nash, George H. 2009. "Ronald Reagan's Legacy and American Conservatism." In The Enduring. Reagan's final legacy is that he reignited Americans' optimism and restored Americans' faith in the presidency. We had become very pessimistic in ... Reagan engineered a significant increase in U.S. defense spending designed to modernize existing forces and achieve technological advances the Soviet Union ... In conclusion, Ronald Reagan's life and presidency represent a pivotal chapter in American history. From his early life in Illinois to his Hollywood career and ... 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 ... What isn't so easy to forgive is the Reagan Doctrine, sometimes known as Third World Rollback. Rollback was the American end of the proxy war ... He sought to mend America's wounded spirit, to restore the strength of the free world, and to free the slaves of communism… His policies had a ...