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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Reagan Administration"”.
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“Better Unmentioned:” An Assessment of Reagan Administration Aid to Pakistan, Panama, and Zaire.
… <p>During the Cold War, the Reagan administration justified American support to the Noriega dictatorship in Panama, the Mobutu dictatorship in what was then called Zaire, and the regime of Zia ul-Haq in Pakistan, by stating that it was necessary to overcome the Soviet Union. …
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For God and Country: The Religious Right, the Reagan Administration, and the Cold War
… portrait of the political marriage between the Reagan administration and the Religious Right. By examining this relationship in terms of national defense policy, one can see not only that the Reagan administration relied on the Religious Right to gets its message out on sensitive issues like the …
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Response to an experiment: the Sandinista model of socialism and the US policy towards it
The current policy of the Reagan administration is designed to overthrow the Sandinist system in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan revolution has produced a fascinating model of Socialism, in which the Sandinistas are trying to combine elements of pragmatic Marxism, Catholic humanism and revolutionary …
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National Power and Military Force: the Origins of the Weinberger Doctrine, 1980-1984
… articulating one throughout its first term, the Reagan administration used military force numerous times. Two-weeks following Reagan's landslide reelection victory, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger articulated six tests for when and how to use military force, which surprisingly seemed to …
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Operational code beliefs of Ronald Reagan: the nature of the international environment and image of the Soviet Union
In 1981, the Reagan administration came to the White House emphasizing the moral and political differences between the Soviet Union and the United States. The conflict between the two countries was likened to one between right and wrong, good and evil. Yet, by the end of his second term in office, …
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The Export Import Bank of the United States: decay or renewal?
… economy. It is a product of F. D. Roosevelt's administration and recently celebrated its fiftieth birthday. Over the years, Eximbank's missions and activities have changed, both expanding and curtailing its responsibilities. The Bank's reputation in business and government circles has been and …
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Reagan, Central America and the Human Costs to Waging the Cold War
… abuses. This can be easily viewed through the Reagan Administration's re-ignition of Cold War politics based on realist international relations theory This particular foreign policy blueprint is based on one geo-political thought: Communist Rollback. Due to this, other concerns, such as human …
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Justifying jihad: US politics, propaganda and the Afghan mujahedeen
… It stretches from the dying days of the Carter administration when Zbigniew Brzezinski saw the ‘opportunity’ presented by the invasion to the Soviet’s withdrawal in 1989. The aim of these information strategies was to damage Soviet credibility and enhance that of the US, considered under threat …
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Jeane Kirkpatrick and Neoconservatism: The Intellectual Evolution of a Liberal
… regimes that served as the foundation for the Reagan Administration's Latin American policies. Her prominence within the neoconservative movement, her impact on foreign affairs, and her political accomplishments in a masculine environment make her an important historical figure in recent …
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The politics of injustice rhetoric and poverty in Reagan's America
During the Reagan years the poverty rate in America rose dramatically. Simultaneously, the rich got richer at the expense of the working and middle classes. Despite this trend towards greater economic inequality, the public expressed its sympathy for the Reagan administration and the conservative …
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The originals
… 1980's and the foreign policy positions of the Reagan administration. They found a sort of salvation in the historical figure Samantha Smith--an American girl who is accredited with helping to end hostilities between the U.S.S.R. and the United States in the mid-1980's through a letter she wrote …
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The Job Training Partnership Act and "New Federalism" : a strategy for state-substate decision making in the Texas environment.
… and training legislation to reflect the Reagan Administration's thrust toward the New Federalism -- a shift in responsibility for public programs from the federal government to the states. Congressional supporters and public and private sector supporters of JTPA view this legislation and …
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An Economic Analysis of Cyber Warfare Governance Models
… by bits and bytes have been in vogue since the Reagan administration. Yet, as the internet and its connected devices have since proliferated, cyber violence remains far more fiction than fact. Nevertheless, prominent U.S. officials have all but assured the eventuality of a devastating attack. In …
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United States defense policy and the future
… at the present time. The priorities of this administration, a resolve to reassert American global leadership, protect interests worldwide, and contain the Soviet Union are predicated on principles of hegemony and preponderance that were short-lived and are now long gone. The United States is …
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An analysis of American foreign policy: a case study of the pipeline sanctions against the Soviet Union
… of the first major foreign policy crisis of the Reagan administration, the Soviet pipeline sanctions. This foreign policy episode proved to be an excellent illustration of how changes in the domestic and external environment have caused a transformation of U.S. foreign policy in the past two …
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The conversion of wind power to electrical power
… In 1982 the program was drastically cut by the Reagan administration. While the program was in full swing, significant steps were made in 129 130 developing safe, reliable wind energy systems. Wind energy systems could probably supply up to ten percent of the nation's annual electrical demands, …
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Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and transatlantic relations, 1983-86
… project investigates the impact of Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative on transatlantic relations during the period 1983-86. The dissertation focuses on the three main European powers, namely Britain, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany, and examines their reaction to SDI …
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Constructive engagement in the interest of regional peace a critical reexamination of U.S. mediation in Southern Africa, 1981-1989
… and guiding principles? (II) why did the Reagan administration pursue the strategy; and (III) was constructive engagement a successful international conflict mediation strategy? To answer these questions, this dissertation will employ relevant literature to produce general principles of …
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