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What Was Ronald Reagan Remembered For ?
Ronald Reagan, the 40th US President, will always be remembered for mitigating the Cold War. He will always be considered as the American president who did not feel afraid to stare at the Soviet Union and not blink. He changed the way the American administration looked at the communism. |
When Reagan came to power, his first priority was to improve the economic condition of the country and enhance the military might of the nation. He managed to do both and did not care about the huge budget deficit that resulted. However, when he was leaving office, the budget deficit was at manageable. So, ultimately he ended up proving what he had always maintained that a deficit was no cause for concern as it would manage itself.
The world over, leaders regard him as a man of his word and an optimist. He managed to convince Mikhail Gorbachev to sign a treaty to destroy intermediate nuclear warheads. This was in itself a huge success for Reagan because all previous General Secretaries of the Communist Party refused to even talk or consider such a proposal.
By strengthening the US military might, Reagan single-handedly managed to ruin the Soviet economy. Of course, there were other intrinsic and extrinsic factors that ultimately brought the downfall of the Soviet bloc, but Reagan definitely had a hand in this.
His famous speech at the Berlin Wall in June 1987 challenging Gorbachev to tear down the Wall was appreciated by everyone. No expected Reagan to make a speech like that. And, no expected it to be the harbinger of things to come; not even Ronald Reagan himself.
But when communism collapsed in the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries in the late 1980s, a lot of credit was given to Ronald Reagan. This is why he will always be remembered as the man who was instrumental in ending the Cold War.
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