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Page 1: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

Reaganandthe‘SecondColdWar’

Page 2: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

ImpactoftheAfghanistaninvasiononUSA– Sovietrelations

• Détentewasalreadyclosetobreaking,butAfghanistantotallybrokeit• SomehavearguedthatUSover-reactedonpurposeasanexcusetogetoutof

Détente• Inthe1980USelection,RepublicancandidateRonaldReaganridiculedCarteras

weakandthetimehadcomefortheUSAtoreclaimitspositionontheworldstageandstanduptocommunism.

• Reaganwonalandslidevictory

• USAwasnowmuchmoreaggressivelypreparedtofightagainstthe“evil”ofcommunismandUS– Sovietconfrontationwasnowinevitable,again!

Page 3: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

RonaldReagan&the‘SecondColdWar’The‘SecondColdWar’hadreallystartedunderCarterbutwasmuchmoreobviousunderReaganwithhisveryaggressivepolicies.

In1983,ReagancalledSovietUnionan‘evil’empireandtheUSAweretheforcesofgood

Page 4: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

Reagan’sPolicies

• 13%morewasspendonthearmedforcesin1982• 8%morein1983and1984

• TridentsubmarinesandStealthBombersweredeveloped

ReaganDoctrine:

• USAwouldnotonlysupportanti-communistgovernmentsbutalsoanti-communistgroupswhoattempttooverthrowcommunistgovernments(eg ElSalvador,Nicaragua,Caribbeanislands

• TheUSAwouldmakethisthefirst‘rollback’ofcommunistinfluencesinceWW2

Page 5: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

Reagan’sPolicies

SDI:StrategicDefenceInitiative:

• ReaganknewtheSovieteconomywasstrugglingsoheincreasedspendingandsupportforanticommunists,theSovietswouldhavetofindlargeamountsofmoneytocounterwhichwasimpossible!

‘StarWars’wouldplaceaseriesofsatellitesinorbit.TheywouldcarrypowerfullasersthatcouldshootdownSovietmissilesandpreventthemfromharmingUSA.

Thiswentagainstthetermsofthe1967OuterSpaceTreaty.

Reaganpresentedtotheworldthatthiswasarealitywheninfactthissystemofdefencewasyearsfrombeingready,ithasbeensaidthiswasthebeginningoftheendoftheSovietUnion!

Sovietswereshockedandupset,theyhadspentalotofmoneycatchinguptoUSA,theirweaponswerenowredundantandanewsystemwasneeded,buttheyhadnomoney!They

wouldneeda‘newwayofthinking’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hGLBA65tZgReagan’sSpeech

Page 6: Reagan and the ‘Second Cold War’The ‘Second Cold War’ had really started under Carter but was much more obvious under Reagan with his very aggressive policies. In 1983, Reagan

ImagineyouarewritingabiographyofPresidentReagan.

Writetheintroductionpageinthebooksummarisinghimandhispolicies,aswellastheimpactofthemonthe

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