Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Ronald Reagan
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions and decisions about the Cold War. Click on Ronald Reagan to see how his anti-Communist beliefs led to increases in the defense budget, but also, by the end of his...
Digital History
Digital History: The Reagan Revolution in Perspective
By the end of Reagan's second presidential term, the US was a much different country than it had been when he became president in 1980. During his 8 years in office, Reagan accomplished many things, some good and some bad, and definitely...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s. Becoming Free Webisode 16
A brief look at contemporary American history from the administration of Richard Nixon to Sept. 11, 2001.