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Teaches a class about the president Ronald Reagan and the end of the cold war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic at the university of austin in texas provided the video. Okay lets go to our first slide if we could. Here we have Ronald Reagan. We talked in our last lecture about the disruptions of the 1960s, the changes in the 1970s. The social changes in the 1970s towards suburb besides a shun following the 1960s we talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many ...

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As far as indoor restaurants and churches to close us coronavirus cases keep surging across the u. S. And thousands in the dea or c. Protest against the nomination of a new election chief considered too close to former president joseph. I mean well into the sports news as much as the city is european ban is overturned and washingtons n. F. L. Team dropped their controversial redskins name after pressure from sponsors and social justice come. The United States has toughened that stance on chinas ...

Going down in south africa and thousands in that the r. C. Protest against the nomination of a new election chief considered to close the former president Joseph Kabila down. Low welcome to the program the United States has toughened its stance on chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea calling them completely under full secretary of state might pompei or has released a statement saying beijing is no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region ...

The spread of the virus. Was. The democratic republic of congo appoints a new Electoral Commission chief sparking violent protests. Welcome to the program one of the worlds most strategic stretches of water could be about to become a new point of tension between the u. S. And china u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei it says beijings claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and they will not be allowed to treat the area as its narrow time empire its rich in oil gas and fishing reso...

Are introduced to curb the spread of the virus. And washingtons n. F. L. Team drops the redskins name and logo after criticism theyre offensive to native americans. Welcome to the program one of the worlds most strategic stretches of water could be about to become a new point of tension between the u. S. And china u. S. Extrinsic might pompei or says beijings claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and it will not be allowed to treat the area as its maritime empire its rich in oil ...

Countries are headed in the wrong direction. The virus remains public enemy number one. Anger at what they see as political bias protests in the democratic republic of congo on the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief. We look at steps being taken to protect a british socialite in jail and a Court Appearance on sex trafficking charges. So then a strategic a stretch of water is a new source of tension between the United States and china your set your state might pump air says that beij...

To be left alone, but now to attach that belief, not simply to escape but to a sense of greater selfrighteousness, a greater sense of american purpose. Overturned in this sense. Rights andof states they return in this sense to local control. S was we will talk about reagan and the new right, a new american right. Then we will talk about the new cold war, the changes in the cold war. Then we will talk about the end of the cold war. We will talk about that in our lecture next week as well. We will...

In the 1980s represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. He was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. A figure who hope to restore helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war ...

First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan w...