HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Iranian Revolution, Limited Government, Multilateralism
8 Jun 2016
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Post cold war debates over how the us, the sole superpower, should lead the post cold war world. Limited government did not apply to military sector. Military build up during 80s was justified in several ways: Iranian revolution of 1979 and hostage crisis under president jimmy. Jimmy carter was labeled weak after iran took us hostages and after a failed rescue attempt. Reagan promised to end what he called the vietnam syndrome . Tried to blame dissent and media at home, not policy. Vietnam tried to blame us for the war. Rambo (1982): do we get to win this time? . Renewal of cold war rhetoric campaign against evil empire . Evil empire speech had foreign policy connection to evangelical religion large military spending increases, together with tax cuts, produced large budget deficits stepped up covert action against communist backed regimes funded islamic fighters against soviet backed government in.
