The Politics of Global War: NATO’s Vulnerable Member States

    Within minutes of the balloon going up in Europe, the member-states of the NATO alliance, as well as the rest of the free world, instinctively rallied around the United States. In Washington, the Reagan administration breathed a collective sigh of relief. This moment of truth had long been anticipated by US politicians, diplomats, …

American Awakening D-2 (7 July, 1987) Part 2 **

President Reagan addressed the nation from the Oval Office again at 3PM Eastern Time. This was the speech which will forever be attached to the man’s legacy. Quotes from it have appeared practically everywhere in one form or another in the post-war years from memorial statues, to countless textbooks. The address has been immortalized, and …