The Cold War under President Reagan

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Cold War under President Reagan
To date, cold war can be described as one of the most challenging diplomatic situations America has ever faced in her history. Ranging from the urge to curb the spread of communism to the need to stop the superiority of Russia, many American regimes found cold war quite a mouthful and could not bear dealing with it. However, President Reagan made a remarkable change in the course of the cold war (Fischer 131). According to President Reagan, America stood a massive chance of losing the cold war unless they (Americans) changed the approach and strategies given to the cold war.
Formerly, Americans employed the policy of detente which to Reagan was both ineffective and too subtle, change was inevitable. President Reagan proposed two strategies that would eventually change the nature of American foreign policy and her politics. The first strategy according to President Reagan was to build a military ...