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.

Shortly after the Berlin Wall was torn down, prominent political leaders and commentators concluded that the U.S. military buildup under President Ronald Reagan had won the Cold War. "We were ...

The "Tear Down This Wall" speech. The "Evil Empire ... lived involved more than work. Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks in front of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin ...