Ronald Reagen
Notes
-A former Hollywood actor
-Saw the USSR as the evil empire, wouldn't negotiate with them for the first years of his presidency
-Was much more hardline than the detente Presidents
-Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR "Regonomics"
Arms Race
-USSR had 3:2 advantage in their numbers
-New issue is how to deliver them
-Cruise missiles are placed in Europe by NATO
-"Smart Weapons", planes, weapons, begin to be controlled by computer and are guided
Strategic Defence Initiative "Star Wars"
-SDI wanted to have defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind science
-Arms race wouldn't fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in USSR 1985
-Saw the USSR as the evil empire, wouldn't negotiate with them for the first years of his presidency
-Was much more hardline than the detente Presidents
-Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR "Regonomics"
Arms Race
-USSR had 3:2 advantage in their numbers
-New issue is how to deliver them
-Cruise missiles are placed in Europe by NATO
-"Smart Weapons", planes, weapons, begin to be controlled by computer and are guided
Strategic Defence Initiative "Star Wars"
-SDI wanted to have defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind science
-Arms race wouldn't fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in USSR 1985
Quote
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Summary
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the US. He was much harsher with detente and wanted to eliminate detente, to get into an arms race with the USSR.