40. US president: Ronald Reagan (1 janv. 1981 – 25 déc. 1989)

Description:

nostalgiy for American hegemony
US economics in shambles
defeat in Vietnam
embarassement in Iranian hostil Crisis
--> Reagan Returns confidence

BUT: uninterested in foreign Policy, Military, or Government
- foreign Policy exp from movies: soviet Union as Evil empire
- wants to rebuild American Military power
- Horror of nucelar wapons

Secretary of State: Al Haig, replaced by Shultz in 1982

Reagan doctrine: American assistance to everthrow Communists or pro-Soviet Regimes in the 3rd-world