Existing comment:
A Blueprint for Ending the Cold War:
On January 17, 1983, President Reagan issued National Security Decision Directive Number 75 (NSDD-75).; With this initiative, American policy toward the Soviet union moved beyond containment. In a clear break with the past, the US would resist Soviet expansionism around the world, promote change to weaken authoritarian rule in the Soviet Union, and negotiate agreements that served the mutual interests of both nations. NSDD-75 was arguably the most important foreign policy document of the Reagan presidency. |