Reagan Doctrine
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The Reagan Doctrine was a United States foreign policy strategy implemented by the administration of President Ronald Reagan and continued under the George H. W. Bush administration designed to overwh
President Reagan meeting with Afghan mujahideen leaders in the Oval Office in 1983
The Contras in Nicaragua in 1987
Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait
American foreign policy during the presidency of Ronald Reagan focused heavily on the Cold War which shifted from détente to confrontation. The Reagan administration pursued a policy of rollback with
Reagan Doctrine
…from Afghanistan to Nicaragua—to defy Soviet-supported aggression and secure rights which have been ours from birth." The doctrine was a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy from the early 1980s until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and…
George H. W. Bush
William J. Casey
Robert McFarlane
George Shultz