Post-Watergate politics and diplomacy. Reagan revolution. End of the Cold War. War on terrorism.
Hostage crisis in Iran
Ronald Reagan, free-market conservatives, neo-conservatives, New Right, Sunbelt, evangelical Christianity, supply-side economics, fiscal crisis
Evil empire, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) = Star Wars
Reagan Doctrine
Iran-contra scandal
Mikhail Gorbachev, Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), Boris Yeltsin
Gulf War, Saddam Hussein
Bill Clinton
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Underclass
Globalization
September 11 attacks, World Trade Center, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Guantanamo
Axis of evil
Iraq War
Please pay special attention to the following topics: