Question

Evaluate Ronald Reagan's legacy in international affairs. What were his administration's most significant international achievements? Failures?

Answer 1

The president Reagan worked to assert American power and rollback soviet communist influence around the world. He authorized the largest military build-up in US history during his first term. The president Reagan's administration funded the anti-communist "freedom fighters" around the world. The Reagan's administration also supported authoritarian anti-communist dictatorships in Chile and South Africa, and they gave aid to the authoritarian regimes in El Salvador and Guatemala to finance the resistance against the insurgents leftist in those countries. His most significant achievement was the ending of the Cold War. He stood his ground on his beliefs, and he demolished the Soviet Union and brought down the Berlin Wall.