Reagan's Address to British Parliament

Description
Number ADALIB 10480
Collection Atelier des Archives
Title Reagan's Address to British Parliament
Duration 00:34:02
Date of production 08/06/1982
Keyword Places : Grande Bretagne
Index : Parliament, Wig, Speech, Communism, Cold war
Personalities : Ronald Reagan
Sound Sonoer
Summary Reagan contrasts Western democracies with the Soviet system, highlighting its economic and political weaknesses. He argues that democracy and freedom will ultimately prevail over totalitarianism and calls on Western nations to actively support democratic movements around the world. At the same time, he advocates maintaining a strong Western defense while pursuing nuclear arms reduction negotiations. In this speech, he predicts that Marxism-Leninism will end up on the “ash heap of history.”