40. US president: Ronald Reagan (1 gen 1981 anni – 25 dic 1989 anni)
Descrizione:
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
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
1 gen 1981 anni
25 dic 1989 anni
~ 8 years and 11 months