HISTORY 166D Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Jeane Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick Doctrine, Personal Account
24 May 2016
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Not as much as historical details (upper class) She joins in (shows outcry) as a female cross class alliance. Jeane kirkpatrick 3rd world revolution did not come from internal sources but came from soviet expansionism. In nicaragua we didn"t support somoza, thus totalitarians took over (fsln) Reagan believed nicaragua incident made us look weak thus the sandinista government became a virtual obsession. 1981 regan accused of sandinistas of supplying guerilla fighters in el salvador. Regan administration launched campaign to destabilize and overthrow sandinista (he cut off all foreign aid) ordered a 500 maned force to try to overturn government known as a contras. Contras leadership came mostly from old leaders of national guard operated in. Us covertly trained finance and equipped these contras (us did not create this force, it was anti-sandinista groups) were funded by nicaraguan and honduran elite. Us supported planes to bomb airport in managua. In 1984 cia blew up oil facilities, planted mines in nicaragua harbors.
