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- Title
REAGAN’S STRATEGY FOR THE COLD WAR AND THE EVIL EMPIRE ADDRESS.
- Authors
ROWLAND, ROBERT C.; JONES, JOHN M.
- Abstract
This essay examines Ronald Reagan’s 1983 speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, along with speeches and foundational documents leading up to the address. We argue that Reagan utilized a rhetorical approach consistent with what Martin and Annelise Anderson have termed a “grand strategy” for winning the Cold War. This “strategy” consisted of three components. First, Reagan labeled the Soviet system evil and a failure. Second, Reagan argued that the path to victory required an arms buildup that would leave the Soviets with no choice but to negotiate arms reduction. Finally, Reagan’s rhetoric contained a defense of liberal democracy and the prediction that such a system eventually would triumph over Soviet communism.
- Subjects
REAGAN, Ronald, 1911-2004. Evil Empire speech, 1983; PRESIDENTIAL messages of United States Presidents; COLD War, 1945-1991; NATIONAL Association of Evangelicals; UNITED States politics &; government, 1981-1989; UNITED States history -- 1945-1953; SOVIET Union-United States relations; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 3, p427
- ISSN
1094-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14321/rhetpublaffa.19.3.0427