During the Deregulation era from about 1978 to 2000, Republican President Ronald Reagan, along with Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, promoted capitalism but actually paved the way for corporatism. ..…
Americans usually remember the end of communism as the result of a binary battle between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, while most Europeans tend to see that era through the prism of their own national memories. ..…
President Reagan was particularly emphatic in his support of the Afghan resistance movement. In March 1983 President Reagan said, “Every country and every people has a stake in the Afghan resistance, for the freedom fighters of Afghanistan are defending principles of independence and..…
A former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author of Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire (Xulon Press). ..…
Harry Truman’s administration came in second with 21, Lyndon Johnson’s third with 19, Ronald Reagan’s fourth with 16, John F. ..…
In the eyes of Ronald Reagan, I saw sparks of hope, said Leninist Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of Soviet Union, about the man. Reagan's mojo, on the other hand, his appeal towards the socially conservative elements of New Deal Coalition. ..…
The media reported that Smith had sent a letter to Reagan as well, but it did not yield a White House invitation. The subtext of most stories was incredulity that Reagan couldn’t grasp the wisdom of a 10-year-old girl that was perfectly obvious to the adolescents in the news media. ..…
After Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority proved unable to build a governing coalition of Christian conservatives during the Reagan administration, Robertson stepped forward to lead the religious right with both the financial and communication resources of his global media empire. ..…
The Sabra and Shatila massacres of 1982 galvanized the first mass Jewish organizing against Israel and the settlements; New Jewish Agenda led that work, and also exposed and protested Jewish organizations’ support for Reagan. ..…
President Reagan, who partially owed his climb into the executive office to the hostage crisis, showed contempt for Iran’s resolution of the problem. ..…
It's Russia failed to internalize, falsely believing normalized relations with the US are ahead — despite over 100 years of hostility, except during WW II against Nazism and the end of Reagan era. . ..…
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