THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANS FOREIGN POLICY
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the US must annihilate the Soviet Union
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the US must take a more passive role in the world
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communism must be avoided
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The US must confront and roll back communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to “roll back” Soviet-backed pro-communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “Evil Empire” speech was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 at the height of Cold War and Soviet-Afghan War. In that speech, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” and as “the focus of evil in the modern world".
Detailed explanation-3: -The “Reagan Doctrine” was used to characterize the Reagan administration’s (1981-1988) policy of supporting anti-Communist insurgents wherever they might be.