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.

Brands’s new biography of Ronald Reagan and his conclusion that ... “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” A little more than two years later, the wall came down and Communism in Eastern ...

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 declared, “tear down this wall!” ...

This has been the trajectory of Ronald Reagan and his reputation ... not to be moved by Reagan’s 1987 “tear down this wall” ...

Ronald Reagan. It was no contest ... "Mr. Gorbachev," Reagan defiantly declared, "tear down this wall." A little more than two years later, when Reagan's vice president had succeeded him, the ...