President Ronald Reagan: has he well served the world? Cover Image

Prezydent Ronald Reagan: czy dobrze przysłużył się światu?
President Ronald Reagan: has he well served the world?

Author(s): Iwona Brzozowska
Subject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: Ronald Reagan; Pope John Paul II; Freedom Crusade; the Cold War; Communism; Evil Empire; the Soviet Union

Summary/Abstract: The authoress analyzes the political actions of Ronald Reagan, whose political and religious opinions, as well as his intellectual aversion to the ideology of communism led to collapse this ideology in Eastern Europe and have helped to overthrow the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union. Ronald Reagan’s presidency shows that Reagan understood it as a mission to defeat and overcome communism. President Reagan against their opponents consistently pursued a tough policy towards the Soviet Union to overcome it without violence and without firing a shot. The authoress points out that the mutual cooperation of President Ronald Reagan and John Paul II and their common experience of communism in Eastern Europe led to the release from the yoke of communism, the fall of the Berlin Wall and to the restoration freedom and dignity to enslaved by totalitarianism nations. The authoress confronts together the views of supporters and opponents of President Ronald Reagan. She noted that after the death of Ronald Reagan, many opponents recognized his greatness and contribution to the fall of communism and the end of the Cold War era.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 465-486
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish