Ronald Reagan
40th U.S. President
A former Hollywood actor
Elected for a second term in 1984
Saw the USSR as the 'evil empire' and wouldn't negotiate with them for the first years of his Presidency
Was much more hardline than the dètente Presidents
Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR
"Reganomics" an idea that they could out-spend the soviets and eventually out-bank them, cause if they didn't have enough money to compete, then they would lose the war.
The 1980s Arms Race
"Smart Weapons' - planes, weapons and even tanks begin to be controlled by computer and are 'guided'
A former Hollywood actor
Elected for a second term in 1984
Saw the USSR as the 'evil empire' and wouldn't negotiate with them for the first years of his Presidency
Was much more hardline than the dètente Presidents
Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR
"Reganomics" an idea that they could out-spend the soviets and eventually out-bank them, cause if they didn't have enough money to compete, then they would lose the war.
The 1980s Arms Race
"Smart Weapons' - planes, weapons and even tanks begin to be controlled by computer and are 'guided'