The Lengthening Shadow of Soviet Caribbean Power
Reagan displayed aerial photos of Soviet facilities in Cuba and other Caribbean sites to warn of a growing military presence. The piece argues the Caribbean has become a theater for Soviet and Cuban military expansion, with thousands of Russians in Cuba and vast arms flows, signaling a shift from 1962 deterrence to active influence.
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Caribbean
Reagan
Cuba
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Lourdes
Nicaragua
Grenada
Mr. Reagan
Gulf of Mexico
Cienfuegos
Cuban
U.S. Atlantic
Argentina
Central America
Congress
el Salvador
Reagan frames Cold War as moral struggle against evil
In Orlando, President Reagan calls Soviet communism the focus of evil and links the East West conflict to spiritual values. He urges clergy and citizens to reject appeasement, warns against arms race pride, and frames freedom as a moral, not material, battle.
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National Association of Evangelicals
Orlando
Reagan
U.S
Federacy
State Department
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Afghanistan
Europe
Africa
Central America
Southeast Asia
West
United States
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Soviet
Reagan’s Star Wars speech signals a high tech defense shift
The piece notes Reagan’s defense address as a landmark melding of defense research and high technology, envisioning defensive weapons and late-century budgets. It contrasts Democratic critics, cites Edward Teller, and argues the speech reflects American hopes for a path out of the missile race.
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New York City
Ronald Reagan
Sen
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Reagan
Edward Teller
Bill Buckley
Reagan Breaks with MAD on Defense Strategy
President Reagan calls for a defensive strategy to protect citizens from missiles and moves away from MAD doctrine. He asserts new methods could coexist with the ABM treaty while criticizing decades of anti defense policy and urging public awareness and further policy shifts to reduce reliance on mutual assured destruction.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
Moscow
U.S
The New Republic double standard on national tradition
The New Republic under Martin Peretz mixes Zionism with selective liberal critique. It criticizes Reagan while praising Israel, argues a secularist American tradition, and applies a different standard to Israel than to the United States.
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New Republic
New York Times
Mad Magazine
Martin Peretz
The
Israel
TNA
United States
Menachem Begin
Lebanon
Peretz
Michael Straight
TNR
West Bank
Begin
Judea
Samaria
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