The Reagan Revolution's Impact on American Foreign Policy

Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. With the nuclear freeze movement gaining momentum in the United States, Reagan ... "The Mixed Legacies of Ronald Reagan." in The Enduring Reagan , ed. Charles ... When President Reagan took office, he promised to rebuild the nation's defenses, restore economic growth, and trim the size of the federal government. Deregulated the economy and got us out of the stagflation of the 70's. The economy and the stock market boomed. The only president we've ever ... The combined effect of Reaganomics was a tripled national debt. But beginning in 1982, the U.S. economy did begin its longest peacetime expansion ever, lasting ... Ronald Reagan shattered the illusions of détente by redefining the nature of the Cold War between the West and Soviet communism, and adopting a strategy that ... Election Day, Reagan wins 59% of the popular vote and 98% of the electoral vote. Defeats former Vice-President Walter Mondale. 1985. 02/06/1985. State of ... He was able to capture the political capital of an unsettled national mood and, in the process, helped set an agenda and policies that would affect his ... President Reagan considered regulatory relief, in which the Department of Labor was destined to play a major part, one of the cornerstones of the Economic ... From cutting taxes to raising tariffs to eroding central-bank independence, US President-elect Donald Trump has made a wide range of ...