“the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans...” Explain in your own words what he means. What is the torch?

B) President Reagan realized that harsh policies not been effective in resisting Soviet efforts to spread communism.

Explanation:

the Reagan understood that Gorbachev wanted to fix the broken communist system, and he would use that to his advantage. To do so, he needed to change his strategy and tone.

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