The Contras and U.S. policy in Central America

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Title:	The Contras and U.S. policy in Central America
Author:	Elliott Abrams (Interviewee); Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)
Abstract:	In this interview, Elliott Abrams discusses the situation in Nicaragua and makes the argument for American support of the Contras.
Description:	In this episode of American Interests, host Peter Krogh sits down for a conversation with Elliott Abrams. Abrams served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs under President Reagan, and was a primary architect of U.S. Central America policy for much of the 1980s. A prominent advocate of American aid to the Contras, Abrams would eventually be implicated in the Iran-Contra affair. He later served as a senior national security adviser in the administration of George W. Bush. In this interview, Abrams makes the case for continued support of the anti-communist forces waging war against the Sandinista regime, and discusses the situation on the ground in Nicaragua.
Permanent Link:	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552675
Date Issued:	1987
Date Created:	1987
Subject:	Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua ; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990 ; United States -- Military relations -- Nicaragua ; Nicaragua -- Military relations -- United States ; Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990 ; Contras ; Iran-Contra Affair ; Sandinistas ; United States Aid to the Contras