View of a clip of President Reagan's famous 1987 Berlin Wall speech in which he asks Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." Video courtesy of Reagan Presidential Library.

“Let them come to Berlin.” In 1987 Ronald Reagan used the wall to challenge the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who seemed ready to end the Cold War. “Mr. Gorbachev,” Reagan ...

Ronald Reagan turned over in bed the night of October ... over and over, to tear down the Berlin Wall; calling for an American missile defense shield; advocating freedom for Eastern Europe ...

In 1989, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan delivered this farewell speech. This is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the Oval Office and the last. We've been together 8 years now ...

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Reagan's greatest conflict was not with Iran, but the Soviet Union -- and he handled it much differently than Carter handled the hostage crisis. In 1977, Richard Allen -- who would later become Reagan ...

Shortly after the Berlin Wall was torn down, prominent political leaders and commentators concluded that the U.S. military buildup under President Ronald Reagan had won the Cold War. "We were ...