Ronald Reagan, the Reagan Revolution in Foriegn Policyand the end of the Cold War
Websites and Documents:
REAGAN AND THE WORLD
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: The Reagan Administration: a good collection of Reagan speeches, documents on the Iran Contra scandal, and a few editorials about the end of the Cold War.
Interview with former National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarlane on Reagan's foreign policy
Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984; National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 82; Edited by Joyce Battle; February 25, 2003.
Democracy Now!: Remembering the Dead during the Reagan Years: radio interviews with critics of reagan Administration foreign policy in Central America
The State Department's brief description of the "Reagan Doctrine"
PBS' American Experience on Regan Foreign Policy
Noam Chomsky on the Reagan Era
Conclusions and Judgment of Brussels Tribunal on Reagan's Foreign Policy
U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels: The Reagan Doctrine and Its Pitfalls: An analysis by Ted Galen Carpenter of the Libertarian Conservative Cato Institute
Third World Traveler on Reagan Foreign Policy A good collection of links to articles critical of Reagan's policies
The Oliver North File
His Diaries, E-Mail, and Memos on the Kerry Report, Contras and Drugs
Optimistic Advocate of Freedom, Doug Bandow, National Review Online, June 6, 2004
Reagan's Heart of Darkness Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 by the Boston Globe
by Derrick Z. Jackson
Reagan Played Decisive Role in Saddam Hussein's Survival in Iran-Iraq War, Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 by the Agence France Press
Case Studies:
The U.S. invasion of Greneda, 1983
The U.S. and South Africa, the 1985 Sanctions Debate
The Philippines - the fall of Ferdinand Marcos
Reagan and the end of the Cold War
'Reagan and Gorbachev:' Shutting the Cold War Down, by Strobe Talbott.a review of REAGAN AND GORBACHEV
How the Cold War Ended. By Jack F. Matlock Jr. (Random House, 2004).
When did the Cold War End?, by Thomas Blanton Author: Blanton, Thomas Director of the National Security Archive
Origin: CWIHP Bulletin Publication: Bulletin 10 - Leadership Transition in a Fractured Bloc
The man who beat communism June 10th 2004, From The Economist print edition
Editorial: Winning the Cold War, Washington Times June 11, 2004
Just Who Did Smash Communism?, By James G. Hershberg, Washington Post
Sunday, June 27, 2004; Page B01
Don't Credit Reagan for Ending the Cold War, Published on Friday, June 11, 2004 by CommonDreams.org
by Stephen Zunes (Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco.)
Did Reagan's Military Build-Up Really Lead to Victory in the Cold War? A Critical Appraisal by Peace Historian Larry Wittner
Readings:
Suri, Jeremi "Explaining the End of the Cold War: A New Historical Consensus?" Journal of Cold War Studies - Volume 4, Number 4, Fall 2002, pp. 60-92
Cumings, Bruce, "The Wicked Witch of the West is Dead. Long Live the Wicked Witch of the East," in The End of the Cold War, Michael Hogan, ed., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 87-101.
LaFeber, Walter, "An End to Which Cold War?," in The End of the Cold War, Michael Hogan, ed., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 13-19.
Gaddis, John Lewis, "The Cold War, The Long Peace, and the Future," in The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications, Michael Hogan ed., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 21-38.
Chomsky, Noam, "The View From Below," in The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications, Michael Hogan ed., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 137-151
The Reagan Years: