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Peace Through Strength:
"We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted."
-- Ronald Reagan, Republication National Convention, July 18, 1980
Ronald Reagan entered the White House determined to restore the strength of the US military. He insisted on military might not for its own sake, but to discourage threats to American interests, defend freedom around the world, and bring the Soviet Union to the bargaining table.
With unwavering purpose, he carried out a strategy not simply to contain communism, but to defeat it. He achieved this goal in many regions across the globe. |