To be left alone, but now to attach that belief, not simply to escape but to a sense of greater selfrighteousness, a greater sense of american purpose. Overturned in this sense. Rights andof states they return in this sense to local control. S was we will talk about reagan and the new right, a new american right. Then we will talk about the new cold war, the changes in the cold war. Then we will talk about the end of the cold war. We will talk about that in our lecture next week as well. We will talk about early in the cold war and Ronald Reagans role in that as well as mikal gorbachev. Lets start with reagan and the new right. Reagan atave ronald his first job. Really, his second job. His first job was as a lifeguard. His second job, as a radio announcer in des moines, iowa. In des moines, iowa. His career was largely a career in entertainment, not in policy. In entertainment and in radio in and in movies as well. He was born in dixon, illinois, which was a rural town in illinois, a F
In the 1980s represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. He was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. A figure who hope to restore helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way, a more positive perspective. It was not enough to put up or shut up, not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought idealism Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war and disruptions of the 1960s when people were escaping rather than seeking major fundamental changes. He believed now change could be initia
First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. He saw and roosevelt a figure who helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored a sense of can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war but also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s, a
Who runs afghanistan after the disputed president ial Election Results and how will that impact the talks with the taliban with ashraf ghani declared the winner by the smallest of knowledge and his opponent top Dollar Dollar says hell form a parallel of ministration the us wants to pull out while pushing for peace at the same time after 40 years of war and conflict how will the key players result this latest crisis this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby now in 2014 their rivalry resulted in the u. S. Brokered deal to share power which was punctuated by 5 years of bickering and now ashraf ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are again disputing an election result danny is officially the winner but only just and thats rejected by abdullah who shares power with the president as chief executive he is now threatening to form his own parallel government this political showdown couldnt come at a more critical time for afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban do appear close
Who runs afghanistan after the disputed president ial Election Results and how will that impact the talks with the taliban with ashraf ghani declared the winner by the smallest of knowledge and this is opponent top Dollar Dollar says hell form a parallel of ministration the us wants to pull out while pushing for peace at the same time after 40 years of war and conflict how will the key players resolve this latest crisis this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dubey now in 2014 their rivalry resulted in the u. S. Brokered deal to share power which was punctuated by 5 years of bickering and now ashraf ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are again disputing an election result danny is officially the winner but only just and thats rejected by abdullah who shares power with the president as chief executive he is now threatening to form his own parallel government this political showdown couldnt come at a more critical time for afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban do appear