as hoping for because the Sandinista army increased in number and the government grew closer to Cuba and the Communist bloc for help as a result. As Nixon had pulled out troops from Vietnam and failed, conversely Reagan put soldiers in and actually made the situation worse.Nixon attempted to better relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, but Reagan used powerful anti-Communist rhetoric stating in 1980 that “the Soviet Union underlies all the unrest that is going on” (LPW, 527). By 1983 Reagan was denouncing the Soviets as the “evil empire” and continued to accelerate his military build up. The President attempted to talk to Soviet leaders about limiting nuclear arms but nothing would come of these talks. A Democratic notion of a “nuclear freeze” forced Reagan to reconsider his military policy because the election of 1984 was approaching and he had to appease the American public.In conclusion, Nixon and Reagan had different ideas and strategies for fighting Communism around the world. Each were given different circumstances and acted in their own unique ways, Nixon dealt with the foreign problems successfully by speaking to leaders while Reagan tried using military intimidation to get the desired result. ...
