THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANS FOREIGN POLICY
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to protect human rights
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to promote democratic governments
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to undermine right-wing extremists
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to weaken the Soviet Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -In April 1981, President Reagan felt that he had irrefutable evidence of the Nicaraguan government shipping weapons from Cuba to insurgents in El Salvador. All assistance to the private sector in Nicaragua was still being given. The United States saw the Sandinistas as Communists, and felt the need to stop them.
Detailed explanation-2: -With Congress blocking further aid to the Contras, the Reagan administration sought to arrange funding and military supplies by means of third countries and private sources. Between 1984 and 1986, $34 million from third countries and $2.7 million from private sources were raised this way.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reagan’s strategy for dealing with the Soviet Union was to initiate a new arms race and outspend the Soviets. He expected that the American economy could better support an expensive arms race than the Soviet Union’s economy.