Reagan’s Economic War on the Soviet Union

2017/07/08 by Tyler P. Esno · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #European history and politics

paper · doi:10.1093/dh/dhx061

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Abstract

Using recently declassified government documents, this essay explores the Ronald Reagan administration’s economic war on the Soviet Union in 1982. The evidence shows the administration attempted to coerce West European cooperation with policies intended to undermine the Soviet economy. But U.S. allies forced the administration to retreat.

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• Cold War [wikipedia]
• Foreign policy of the Reagan administration [wikipedia]

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