Reagan revival of arms deals
The author notes that, ironically, the arms restraint policy the Reagan Administration so roundly repudiated was itself a response to the active promotion of arms sales by the Nixon and Ford Administrations. The Carter arms transfer policy, the author states, was not a naive, unilateral initiative as Reagan officials portrayed it, but a logical continuation of a policy Congress embarked on in response to the potentially dangerous impact of unregulated US sales in the early 1970s. The Reagan Administration, in making a swift reversal, offered easy terms to Third World nations, and eventually overcome the human rights barriers for transfers to certain South and Central American countries. The author sees the Iran-contra schemes as consistent with the administration policy of dismantling controls or arms transfers and offering easy access to anyone it sees playing a role in East-West confrontation. 11 references, 2 tables.
- OSTI ID:
- 6142358
- Journal Information:
- Bull. At. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 43:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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