Reagan Flashcards
1
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Reagan initial thoughts
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- elected due to anti-communist vibe in US
- Reagan believed Detende was a failure
2
Q
Reagan Anti-Soviet policies
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- defense spending increase 13%
- new nuclear weapon developmedn
- Strategic Defense Intivative (SDI) 1983
- Reagan Doctrine
- aggresive language towards soviets; ‘evil empire’, ‘forces of evil in thsi world’
- condamnent of 007 plane shot down
3
Q
Reagan Doctrine
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- assistance given to anti-communist insurgets as well as anti-communist governments (e.g. right wing governemtn support in El Slvador)
4
Q
SDI
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Strategic Defense Initiative 1983; “Star Wars”
5
Q
Micheal MacGwire
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believed that Regans played an important role, but it was more that his views were anti-nuclearist which convinced Gorbachev eot negage in summits with him
