Ronald Reagan's Enduring Legacy Transforming America's Landscape

Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. ... He, like others, believed that America's influence might be terribly short- ... The Reagan era of the 1980s is often remembered for the President's pursuit of ending the Cold War and his legacy as the “Great Communicator ... 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 ... The results of the 1980 elections encouraged high hopes among Republicans that their party's long period of minority status was at last reaching a close. Reagan's approach—applying intensive economic and military pressure to a superpower adversary—became foundational to American strategic thinking ... 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. 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 ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... President Ronald Reagan, in a March 1983 speech, unveils his Strategic Defense Initiative that was intended to develop missile defense systems that would make ... 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 ...