The 'March of Freedom' From Reagan to Bush
Kengor, Ronald
Policy Review, December/January 2008, #146, pp77-86
"In 1982, Ronald Reagan gave what some call the greatest speech of his presidency, detailing his plan for a 'march of freedom and democracy' prophesying the end of Communist rule in the Soviet Union and, ultimately, of the Soviet Union satellite countries. With this predictive speech, the president was proven right, as over the next 20 years, the world witnessed the most rapid advance of democracy in history. In this article the author credits Ronald Reagan with this advance and argues, that President George W. Bush is simply attempting to continue this "march of freedom" into the Middle East, by comparing Communist ideology with that of Islamic radicalism." Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College. He has written two other books on Ronald Reagan and a book on George W. Bush. He is also executive director of the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College.
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