Reagan And Jimmy Carter In The 1980's

When thinking about the numerous, dynamic leaders that America has had over the course of the nation’s history, it can become troublesome to fairly compare these respective heads of state. Though each American president has unquestionably left their own unique legacy from their time in office, when comparing leaders from similar times, certain consistencies can present themselves. While the Presidency is of course beholden to constructs of political normativity subjective to the era they presided in, by choosing two POTUS’ from the same era, we can more adequately synthesize comparable actions and philosophies between the two. To this end, we will analyze the terms of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, cutting through narratives of their tenures to truly delineate their comparability. Through a comprehensive analysis of these two leaders on the subjects of foreign policy, we begin to parse out many similarities and differences between these two early 20th century leaders.

Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 and died in 2004 the former president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 was also the governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Many people have mixed feelings of Ronald Reagan. Some did not like that Reagan was an actor before he became president of the United States.

The 1966 California gubernatorial election of Ronald Reagan ushered in a new era of unified conservatism and changed the way campaigns were conducted. Ronald Reagan unified a broken Republican Party that had been dealt a serious loss in 1964 at the hands of Lyndon Johnson. Reagan emerged as the party unifier and as the one man who could win against Democratic incumbent Pat Brown. Reagan's campaign and subsequent election changed the way campaigns were done. Running a total campaign as a citizen-politician painted Reagan as the people's candidate, the candidate who could and would bring positive change to the state of California. In 1966 the people of California were fed up with the inaction of the incumbent. While Pat Brown was well-liked,

To start, Carter says outright what his vision for America was: “...but America does want to be the world's peacemaker.” Furthermore, Carter continues with his vision for America’s peace-seeking foreign policy. He does this by talking about SALT, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: “The purpose of SALT, then as now, is not to gain a unilateral advantage for either nation, but to protect the security of both nations, to reverse the costly and dangerous momentum of the nuclear arms race, to preserve a stable balance of nuclear forces, and to demonstrate to a concerned world that we are determined to help preserve the peace.” By speaking about the importance of the SALT, Carter effectively laid out what his plan was to secure peace amongst nuclear-armed nations. However, at the same time, President Carter made sure to lay out what America wanted to achieve in the immediate short-term regarding foreign policy: “Our firm commitment to Israel's survival and security is rooted in our deepest convictions and in our knowledge of the strategic importance to our own Nation of a stable Middle East.” As written before, it was strategically important to the United States that they maintain the sovereignty of Israel. Specifically, after failing to intervene in China during the uprising of the KMT, it

Shortly before Reagan’s Evil Empire Speech, the Congress was in the process of supporting a “nuclear freeze” policy; a bilateral nuclear disarmament policy of the United States and the Soviet Union. I will stand by my opinion that Reagan’s speech was to convince the audience about the righteousness of his nuclear policy in regard to the Soviet Union. All of Reagan’s arguments prior to addressing the nuclear policy between the United States and Russia had to be convincing as well. Reagan was a master with language (the great communicator) and he got the audience on his side before hitting his critical point regarding the nuclear policy the audience could assimilate this information. We are going to have to agree to disagree, you have your

Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson were presidents during one of the most troubled periods in our American history. Both held on with significant social unrest and the question of whether to continue participation in the Vietnam War. Even though both Nixon and Johnson faced similar problems while in office, their style and approach to problems was profoundly different. Even so, Johnson and Nixon shared a disposition to bluff the public and their fellow colleagues in order to pursue what they wanted to do. No matter if it was wrong. .

Ronald Reagan expresses his views by saying, “For the first time in history, the language of ‘arms control’ was replaced by ‘arms reduction’”. President Reagan goes on to declare that the complete elimination of nuclear missiles took conventional wisdom, patience, determination, and commitment. Reagan was thankful for the treaty, and he believed that this treaty would create a working relationship between the Soviets and the United States. He wanted this relationship to take on other urgent issues such as, strategic offensive nuclear weapons, the balance of conventional forces in Europe, the destructive regional conflicts of the world, and the respect for the human and natural rights granted by God to all people. Similarly, General Secretary Gorbachev’s opinion of the treaty was equivalent to Reagan’s. He claimed, “We can be proud of planting this sapling, which may one day grow into a tree of peace.” Gorbachev felt that this treaty was the birth of a relationship between the US and Soviet Union. He thought that they had reached a breakthrough in the Cold War. The General Secretary also states, “...move together toward a nuclear-free world, which holds out for our children and grandchildren and for their children and grandchildren the promise of a fulfilling and

During the 80’s, three presidents served in office. Jimmy Carter’s last year was 1981. After him was a very popular president, Ronald Reagan, who was in office for two terms. Once Reagan’s administration was finished, George H. W. Bush was the next president. A popular war occurred during the 80’s, the Cold War. During the battle between the Soviet Union and United Nations, a barrier was created on the border between West and East Germany, known as the Berlin Wall. This wall was a huge disaster which was finally torn down thanks to a famous speech made by Ronald Reagan. The “Tear Down This Wall” speech was aimed towards Gorbachev, who was the last dictator of the Soviet Union. Eventually, the Berlin Wall was torn down and families were reunited.

Anxiety is an emotion that works like a switch, and much like our political views it is susceptible to changes in severity. When people feel safe and secure, they become more liberal, however when they feel threatened the opposite may occur causing individuals to seek out more conservative principles as a mean of protection. In a country where the last two decades underwent great historical and social changes these tense emotions grew. The eighties were full of Americans who felt a constant unease. If we look at some of the previous decades such as the 60s, which were riddled with liberal movements, antiwar propaganda, civil rights protests and the rise of feminism we notice that the general population was at a

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois (Huckshorn 1). He was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store (Life Before 1). John Edward Reagan (his father) was a shoe salesman that was an alcoholic. The first time he saw his son he said, "For such a little bit of a fat Dutchman, he makes a hell of a lot of noise, doesn 't he" (Life Before 1). This led to his nickname, "Dutch."

ohn F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson were thrown into the caldron of executive US politics on January 20th 1961 having been elected on a single presidential/vice presidential ticket. As progressive-liberals, their incumbency oversaw a period of substantial domestic and international change that has continued to shape America to this day. Historical assessments of each President are wide-ranging. Historians such as Robert Dallek, author of ‘J.F.K. - An Unfinished Life’, conclude that Kennedy’s premiership was one of ‘small successes and big failures’. Dallek laments JFK’s failed ‘New Frontier’ domestic program which promised federal funding towards education, medical care for the elderly, funding towards poorer state government and government intervention to aid the recession as leaving ‘a want of landmark legislation’. Conversely Public opinion of Kennedy remains very strong however. Lyndon Johnson on the other hand divides historical opinion to a broader extent. Whereas Dallek concludes that Kennedy was a man of ‘small successes and big failures’, Johnson was an exponent of ‘great achievement and painful failure, of lasting gains and unforgettable losses’. According to John Kentleton his domestic ‘Great Society’ left ‘something of Lincoln’s greatness within his grasp’ but believes that ‘Johnson’s presidency ended in failure’; a conclusion drawn from the military conflict in Vietnam and endless logistical problems with his domestic programs. This essay will argue that despite

Throughout our nation's history it has endured 43 presidents,some of them have been remembered as great men who served our country well and made it a better place. Others are more well known for the scandals they caused and others are hardly remembered at all. Despite the amount of presidents that we have had there has never been a president who stands out as the best president ever. Although there are two presidents from the post world war 2 era, each from two separate parties that I believed both had some of the skills to be the best president ever.

During the cold war, both nations built up massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons to achieve nuclear supremacy over the other. Both the soviets and the US hoped to use nuclear weapons as leverage against each other by assuring Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD.

Reagan saw the efforts that Gorbachev was making with g lasnost a nd p erestroika so negotiations began between the two leaders. These negotiations led to the Intermediate­Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which would have both countries dismantle over 2,600 intermediate and short­range nuclear

President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were two of the most important men during the Cuban Missile crisis; they had a lot of differences in character and response to the situation, but had some similarities as well. The two were a couple of the most influential men of their time, especially considering the tense Cold War and resulting Cuban Missile Crisis.