Ronald Reagan's Participation In The Cold War

The role that Reagan’s actions played in ending the Cold War has been a controversial topic ever since the war came to a close. This investigation will show that, to a good extent, Reagan’s actions

During the Reagan presidency (1981-1989), the United States of America experienced tremendous change. Many things and ideas became controversial. Ronald Reagan himself changed his views and made very substantial decisions. So, what views did Ronald Reagan have? Why did he appoint three conservative judges on the Supreme Court bench?

Roles of the President As the chief executive commander-in-chief, chief diplomat, head of state, legislative leader, economic leader and party leader, the president has an immense amount of responsibility to ensure that the American citizens are given there right there life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Of the multiple responsibilities of the president, for filling the tasks of the commander-in-chief, economic leader, and chief diplomat has a large impact on how the American government is today. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and John F. Kennedy each play a vital role in preventing America from a multitude of problems today. To protect the common good of the American population, the president acts as the commander-in-chief, economic leader, and chief diplomat, ensuring citizens their rights.

While addressing the National Association of Evangelicals at their annual convention on March 8th, 1983, Reagan shocked and inspired many people during his “Evil Empire” speech. He elects to share his views about how evil and sin in the world today, revolves around one single form of government, which is communism. Examples of Reagan’s issues with communism are quoted in the speech, including, “There is sin and evil in the world, and we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might. Our nation, too, has a legacy… the moral evils of our past.” This speech exemplifies the meaning of patriotism and coming together as a country, to eliminate all issues in society.

Ronald Reagan is a man of many talents, whether its on the big screen in movies of in the white house running the country. Being a great young actor in hollywood wasn't enough for him. H decided to give it all up to go into politics and eventually become the 40th president of the United States during one of our countries darkest periods. These aspects of Reagan's life are probably the most important and distinguished accomplishments for him. Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois too Nelle and John Reagan.

Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. He had disenchantment with government and politics in his past. Not only was he in depth and acknowledged with the operation of politics, but was as well in depth with the intricacies of entertainment. His presidential election contained a transformation that was at the least of most American’s expectations, with his past of show business. His beginning to presidency was the point of a convergence, which that involved his acting career, and then becoming a dominant figure in politics, and in the nation.

Astounded by the religious restraint and state-mandated atheism of Bolshevik Marxism, Reagan felt called by a sense of personal mission to confront the USSR. Inspired by influences as diverse as C.S. Lewis, he conducted an openly spiritual campaign against communism, insisting that religious freedom was the base of personal freedom. " The source of our strength in the quest for human freedom is not material, but spiritual," he said in his Evil Empire address. (p.240) " And because it knows no limitation, it must terrify and ultimately triumph over those who would enslave their fellow man."

President Reagan, in his Address of the Congress in the State of the Union speech on February 6, 1985, said “Time and again we’ve aided those around the world struggling for freedom, democracy, independence and liberation from tyranny… In the 19th century we supported Simon Bolivar, the great liberator. We supported the Polish patriots, the French resistance and others seeking freedom. It’s not in the American tradition to turn away.” President Reagan was saying how the United States never turned its back to nations fighting for the same interests as themselves.

Roland Reagan came into the office during his first term hoping to use his administration to fight communism and end the Cold War. He finds out it was not easy as he thought. So, in his second term he turned to a different strategy getting to know someone like Gorbachev. The conservatives thought he was making a mistake. Roland Reagan’s success finally proved to the conservatives that his friendship with Gorbachev was not a dupe.

Presidential Power Ronald Reagan served as America’s 40th president. Reagan managed to cut taxes, increase defense spending, negotiate a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War. I think that president Reagan used his presidential powers properly in order to achieve what needed to be done. Ronald Reagan was president as the Cold War was raging worse than it had ever before. Reagan used his executive power, Commander in Chief, to put up resistance against Mikhail Gorbachev and push his defensive strategy.

The Rise of Ronald Reagan and Republican Conservatism Conservatism and liberalism are two of the most dominant political philosophies and ideologies during the post-Enlightenment era (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). As an ideology, conservatism served as a blueprint in the society which promoted the idea of retaining traditional social institutions, beliefs, cultures and discourage social changes. Although the United States of America during the present day promotes liberalism, there was one portion of the country’s history that conservatism was promoted due to several factors. This paper examines the very factors which gave rise to conservatism embodied in the candidacy of Ronald Reagan.

In conclusion, religion played a very important role in the Cold War. The United States used religion ‘in two... ways: as a cause and as an instrument’ (Inboden, 2009, p. 2). Needing a justification for its involvement in another global conflict, the Cold War was constructed as a crusade – through discourse and propaganda - that America was morally obligated to fight, a narrative that capitalised on the religious revival of the 1950s and bound patriotism and religion together through the promotion of a ‘civil religion’. The religiosity of the Cold War was reflected both domestically and politically: evangelical radio and television shows attracted millions of viewers on hundreds of radio and television channels, Hollywood movies used religious themes (both implicitly and explicitly) to produce Cold War propaganda and the Government produced policy influenced by rising religious nationalism. The use of religion in Cold War America facilitated a cultural shift and theinstitutionalisation of non-denominational and unifying ‘civil religion’ played a significant role in garnering public support for military involvement in the Cold War by turning the armed forces into ‘the instrument of God’s

The Presidents of the Cold War What were Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy's ways of dealing with the Cold War? Both Truman and Eisenhower used the policy of containment when dealing with the Cold War. Kennedy used flexible response in the war instead of containment. Containment is to keep things under control (Ayers 819).

Reagan, based on an appeal to the general public, chooses to gain credibility and an emotional appeal with religion by using associating his ideas with words like god and morality then repeats this association with all his ideas. His repetition and word choice creates an association of his ideas and religion, in a public of very religious citizens, will create a positive connotation regardless of the actual merit of the idea. This connotation will help make the general public more receptive and accepting of Reagan’s decision making based, as well as have a generally more negative connotation when thinking of the Soviet Union. Having the public’s support can reduce scrutiny of his decision making and minimize public backlash regardless of the merit of his

Beginning with Truman and the Vietnam war, Graham’s religiously driven sentiment of anti-communism - present from as early as 1949 in his revival events - contributed to both Presidential actions, and the culture of America at large. In his piece “Satan’s