Reagan's Tragic Hero
In many ways, Reagan was a hard line, rigid ideologue, a man who truly believed that the USSR was so evil, it had to be confronted in Europe even at the possible risk of an all out nuclear exchange. He brought the world to the brink of an all out nuclear war in 1983. Very few people today know or realize just how close we came to Armageddon.
Yet Reagan could also be surprisingly levelheaded, willing to compromise. Above all, he was willing to negotiate. He did not McG yet Reagan could also be surprisingly levelheaded, willing to compromise. Above all, he was willing to negotiate. He did not regard compromise or negotiation as weakness. He was famously willing to accept "getting half a loaf" instead of nothing at all.
And I can guarantee you,
Yet Reagan could also be surprisingly levelheaded, willing to compromise. Above all, he was willing to negotiate. He did not McG yet Reagan could also be surprisingly levelheaded, willing to compromise. Above all, he was willing to negotiate. He did not regard compromise or negotiation as weakness. He was famously willing to accept "getting half a loaf" instead of nothing at all.
And I can guarantee you,