Mikhail Gorbachev

Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the united states, is best known for his folksy charm and appealing personality. Reagan is the only movie actor ever to become president, he had a remarkable skill that earned him the title “the Great Communicator.” Ronald Reagan was the second child of John Edward Reagan, a struggling shoe salesman, and Nelle Wilson Reagan. Reagan’s nickname, Dutch, derived from his father’s habit of referring to his infant son as his “fat little Dutchman.” After several…

American conservatives to protect U.S. security interests. During his political run against George W. Bush, it was when the political change had started. George W. Bush didn’t follow the policy of Ronald Reagan in dealing with the Soviet Union and Mikhail Gorbachev. George Bush agreed with Gorbachev’s reform efforts, hoping the Soviet leader would shift the USSR toward a market-oriented economy. With Gorbachev’s decision to create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a process of…

Soviet Union. This can be seen when “Gorbachev initiated the twin policies of glasnost(openness) and perestroika (restructuring), with the intentions of liberalizing and reforming communism” (O’Neil, 271). Gorbachev hoped that it would create “the kind of tolerant Western-style political culture”, however the free speech was used by the media to express frustrations that were oppressed for about seventy years (Hauss, 232). Perestroika was the policy where Gorbachev planned to “decentralized…

Sometimes, all you need is a change in perspective to see life in a whole new angle. In isolated societies such as North Korea, culture takes shape from the limited life experiences of its members, passed on from one generation to the next. Societies that encourage diversity borrow generational life experiences from various cultures and accelerate this infusion of knowledge. Although some say that focusing too much on our differences can create tension, people’s differences are what make them…

union. During his second term, president Ronald Reagan forged a diplomatic relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev, who became the leader of the soviet union in 1985. In 1987, the Americans and the Soviets agreed to sign a historic agreement to get rid of intermediate-range nuclear missiles. And later that year, reagan spoke out at Germany's Berlin wall, a symbol of communism, and decided to challenge Gorbachev to tear the wall down. Two and a half years later, he allowed the people of Berlin to…

In the history of America, there have been a multitude of great leaders and politicians, and plenty of wars and opportunities for them to lead us and show us their great skills. I, as many people do, have my favorite leaders throughout history. Today I will be writing about President John F. Kennedy and President Ronald Reagan, telling of how they used their time in a leadership role to guide our country through trials and tribulations into victory, both personal and political. President…

Dr. Zhivago On September 5, 1958 the romantic novel “Dr. Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak was published in the U.S. The book had been banned in the Soviet Union but still won the Nobel Prize for Literature that same year. Boris Pasternak was born in Russia in 1890 and by the time the Russian Revolution broke out he had become a well-known avant-garde poet. His work was frowned upon during the 1920s and 1930s when under the communist regime Joseph Stalin put strict censorship on Russian art and…

In “Rendering Unto Caesar,” Lawrence W. Reed questions whether Jesus was a socialist. Socialism is defined as the want to redistribute the wealth in the country through central planning and government involvement. One of socialism’s main characteristics is that it is involuntary. Different verses are mentioned, such as. The Good Samaritan story is often used as an example to prove that Jesus supported government welfare, yet it seems that this is more of an example of the importance of helping…

In December 1979, the United States decision to aid the Afghan rebels was made by President Jimmy Carter. After three years of conflict, and a change in administration from Carter to Reagan, ambassador Ronald Spiers, who was assigned to Pakistan, realized that The Afghan rebels had little or no chance against soviet Helicopters. Along with pressure from Zia the then current leader of Pakistan, Spiers suggested that new Surface to Air missiles be supplied to the Mujahedeen when supply was…

Federation. The situation in post cold war Russia was rapidly deteriorating both economically and politically. The leader of the communist regime at the time, Mikhail Gorbachev, was receiving increasing internal pressure to resign and external pressure from the West to democratize. On one side the old communist guard was pushing Gorbachev to stay course with the communist agenda. On the other an increasing movement to democratize Russia began to foment by the newly elected parliament…