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Originally posted by Colin
Many people in the world, both Americans and others, felt that America was losing the Cold War in the 1970s with a weak economy, out of control inflation, a beaten down stock market, an unsuccessful military operation in Vietnam, Watergate, and an inability to prevent the OPEC embargo. These were economic, political, and military setbacks.
Under Reagan the prestige of the military was increased, the US economy and markets roared to life, and US political influence in the world increased.
Reagan was a great marketer and he wasted no time in pointing this out time and time again. His optimism was a great change form the general malaise of the 1970s.
As with all leaders, he probably gets too much credit for the good things that happened during his administration and too much blame for the bad.
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so you're saying that one of his strongest achievements was bringing confidence to americans through positive messages?
and that helped give them the resilience as a nation to pull through and win the cold war?