Escalating arms sales to the Third World

Escalating arms sales to the Third World

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Escalating arms sales to the Third World

dc.contributor	Jefferson Communications Inc.	en_US
dc.contributor	Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	South America	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Venezuela	en_US
dc.creator	Robert D. Bond (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Richard Burt (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	John Kelly (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T22:50:23Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T22:50:23Z
dc.date.created	1981-10-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	1981-10-27
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552545
dc.description	In 1981 the Venezuelan government made a request to purchase 24 F-16 fighter jets from the United States. Although Venezuela was historically a stable ally of the United States, the Reagan administration's eventual sale of the F-16s marked a drastic shift from the policies of the three previous presidents, each of whom had each refrained from selling sophisticated arms to Third World countries. In spite of this restraint, however, arms shipments to the Third World nearly doubled between 1975 and 1979, begging the question, are American interests well served by selling sophisticated weaponry to Latin America and the rest of the Third World? In this episode, host Peter Krogh sits down with John Kelly, a professor at Georgetown University on leave from the State Department, Richard Burt, Director of the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and Dr. Robert Bond, a specialist on Latin America at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, to discuss the case for selling advanced weaponry to Latin American countries, as well as the growing sale of arms to the Third World.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Examines Venezuela's request to purchase sophisticated F-16 fighter jets from the United States and the growing sale of arms to Third World countries.	en_US
dc.format.extent	28 min.	en_US
dc.format.medium	MPG4 H.264	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.relation	Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://mediapilot.georgetown.edu:443/sharestream2gui/getMedia.do?action=streamMedia&mediaPath=0d21b6201f791fb0012039609b6003fc&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.source	American Interests	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Arms transfers -- Government policy -- United States	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Military relations -- Foreign countries	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Foreign relations -- Venezuela	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Military assistance, American -- Venezuela	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Military assistance, American -- Latin America	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Venezuela -- Foreign relations -- United States	en_US
dc.subject.other	F-16	en_US
dc.subject.other	Arms Sales	en_US
dc.subject.other	Military Assistance	en_US
dc.subject.other	Third World Arms Sales	en_US
dc.subject.other	Arms Sales Policy	en_US
dc.title	Escalating arms sales to the Third World	en_US
dc.coverage	Defense and National Security	en_US