Easy going but also had a temper- described as “warmly ruthless”
Courageous
Good sense of humour
Vision and heart to see it through
At ease in front of cameras
[[Domestic Policy[[
{{Reaganomics{{
Most serious attempt to change US economy since the new deal.
Reduced inflation from 13.5% to 4.7%
Reduced unemployment from 7% to 5.4%
Productivity in business and manufacturing sectors increased during this time- were the highest level for peacetime ever.
Returned back to a Laissez-Faire approach like the passives - by increasing taxes for the poor he created a even bigger disparity between the rich and poor.
His theory of supply side was similar to Kennedy’s belief that tax cuts would lead to more spending which would lead to more sold goods
[[Foreign Policy[[
Like Truman, Reagan regarded the ideology of communism as an immoral and destructive force and believed that the Soviet Union was planning world domination.
SDI -A space-based missile defence system - significant turning point as it was used by Reagan to bring about an end to the war. Represented a significant escalation of arms race.It us cited as a factor in the eventual collapse of the USSR, bringing an end to Cold War
INF - the first arms control pact to require an actual reduction in nuclear arsenals rather than merely restricting their proliferation. It was the beginning of the end of both the Cold War and the Soviet Union, liberating the peoples of Eastern Europe
Reagan Doctrine- a way of extending US presidential power abroad (support for anti-communist movements e.g. Contras in Nicaragua) without involving US troops
The US were left as the largest global superpower with the largest economy and military in the world