Ronald+Regan

Ronald Wilson Regan was born February 6 1911. He attended highschool and worked his way through collage like any other. He married actress Jane Wyman and had two children. He later became president of the Screen Actors Guild and became famous for his views on Communism. His political views on this later changed to conservative and he was soon elected governor of California. He soon won the Republican Presidential nomination and chose George Bush as his vice president. He was elected instead of Jimmy Carter and became the 40th president of the United States. He was shot in a would be assassination but soon recovered and returned to duty.Regan was president during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.It was not a war fought on the battlefield but indirectly and with words. Each side also had nuclear weapons adding a dangerous edge to the Cold War.Regan was able to negotiate with Mikhail Gorbachev (the current leader of the Soviet Union) to destroy U.S. nuclear missiles in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet forces successfully ending the Cold War on November 9 1989. Regan later declared war on international terrorism and ordered an air strike against Libya after a suspected attack against American soldiers. He also managed to maintain the flow of oil to the country during the Iran-Iraq war. He also gave support to anti communist insurgencies in Asia and Africa

. All in all Ronald Regan was a heroic president form beginning to end. He started out as a simple actor and radio man. But he later became popular about his opinion about politics and ended up a president. He successfully negotiated a successful end to Cold War and attacked international terrorism. He was a popular president well liked by the people. Originally an actor Regan played a president, a actor, a radioman, a negotiater, a anti terrorist campaigner, and a war leader. He was 40th president of U.S. and was for 1981-1989. He was born February 6 1911 and died June 5 2004.

His favorite food was jelly beans.

Ronald Wilson Regan was a hero because:
 * He was well liked by the people
 * He had conservative views on Communism
 * He ended the Cold War
 * He fought against international terrorism
 * He gave support to fighters of Communism

Before I wrote this wiki page I knew little to nothing about Regan. But I read about his exploits and have come to view him as a hero and certainly not a villain.

A famous quote of Regan's was: ''Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in our blood stream. It must be fought for, protected and passed on to them to do the same.''