Freedom fighters in Angola : test case for the Reagan Doctrine

Freedom fighters in Angola : test case for the Reagan Doctrine

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Freedom fighters in Angola : test case for the Reagan Doctrine

dc.contributor	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service	en_US
dc.contributor	South Carolina Educational Television Network	en_US
dc.contributor.advisor	https://mediapilot.georgetown.edu/sharestream2gui/getMedia.do?action=streamMedia&mediaPath=0d21b62020c9a63f012154973a6b02ee&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Southern Africa	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Angola	en_US
dc.creator	Howard Wolpe (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	William L. Armstrong (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T22:50:24Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T22:50:24Z
dc.date.created	1985-11-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	1985-11-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552556
dc.description	For 10 years, Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA, had been waging war against the Soviet and Cuban backed government of Angola. Yet despite the apparent pro-western, pro-democracy nature of UNITA, no American aid had been given to Savimbi's forces out of fear that the United States would be perceived to be working with the apartheid regime of South Africa, which was also providing Savimbi with support. In 1985 the congressional ban on funding UNITA was finally lifted, but the question remained, should the United States uphold the Reagan Doctrine of aiding anti-Communist rebels in countries aligned with the Soviet Union, even if it meant entering into a de facto deal with an oppressive South African regime? In this episode, Senator William Armstrong of Colorado and Congressman Howard Wolpe of Michigan discuss the Reagan Doctrine, the issue of American funding for UNITA, and American foreign policy in Angola.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Examines the question of whether the United States should fund UNITA forces in their fight against Angola's communist government.	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=0d21b62020c9a63f012154973a6b02ee&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.source	American Interests	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Angola -- Politics and government -- 1975-	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Angola -- Foreign relations -- United States	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Foreign relations -- Angola	en_US
dc.subject.other	Jonas Savimbi	en_US
dc.subject.other	Jose Eduardo dos Santos	en_US
dc.subject.other	National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)	en_US
dc.subject.other	Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)	en_US
dc.subject.other	Angolan Civil War	en_US
dc.subject.other	Clark Amendment	en_US
dc.title	Freedom fighters in Angola : test case for the Reagan Doctrine	en_US
dc.coverage	Conflict and War	en_US
dc.coverage	United States Role in the World	en_US