US STRATEGIC DEFENCE STRATEGY AND THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN USSR
US STRATEGIC DEFENCE STRATEGY AND THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN USSR
Author(s): Dorel BuşeSubject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, History of Communism, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: US Strategic Defence Strategy; Collapse of Communism USSR;
Summary/Abstract: In November 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected president and initiated an aggressive foreign policy, proving the indisputable supremacy and invulnerability of the USA. During a speech, on the 8th of March 1983, he denounced the Soviet empire, considering it ”an empire of evil” whose end was imminent, and on the 23rd of March he announced the intention to develop a strategic defence against the Soviet rockets. The USSR had become too weak to challenge this potential vulnerability. Thus, the military policy of the American president and his arming programme forced the Soviet Union to suffocate, the Soviets admitting the economic failure and the incapacity to compete with the U.S.A.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 62-66
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English