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The Contras and U.S. policy in Central America

dc.contributor.otherAbrams, Elliotten
dc.coverage.spatialMexico, Central America and the Caribbeanen
dc.coverage.spatialNicaraguaen
dc.creatoren
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-20T22:50:30Zen
dc.date.available2012-01-20T22:50:30Zen
dc.date.created1987en
dc.date.issueden
dc.identifier.otherAPT-BAG: georgetown.edu.10822_552675.tar;APT-ETAG: a36a5bf9a5e22a1e37d651165563ce60-13; APT-DATE: 2017-06-08_20:33:03en
dc.identifier.urien
dc.descriptionIn 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.en
dc.description.abstractIn this interview, Elliott Abrams discusses the situation in Nicaragua and makes the argument for American support of the Contras.en
dc.format.extent28 min.en
dc.format.mediumMPG4 H.264en
dc.languageEnglishen
dc.publisherWETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)en
dc.publisherBlackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)en
dc.publisherGeorgetown University. School of Foreign Serviceen
dc.publisherSouth Carolina Educational Television Networken
dc.relationDean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archiveen
dc.relation.urihttps://mediapilot.georgetown.edu/ssdcms/i.do?u=6693d6522a4f478en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/en
dc.sourceAmerican Interestsen
dc.subject.lcshCounterrevolutionaries -- Nicaraguaen
dc.subject.lcshIran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990en
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Military relations -- Nicaraguaen
dc.subject.lcshNicaragua -- Military relations -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshNicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990en
dc.subject.otherConflict and Waren
dc.subject.otherUnited States Role in the Worlden
dc.subject.otherContrasen
dc.subject.otherIran-Contra Affairen
dc.subject.otherSandinistasen
dc.subject.otherUnited States Aid to the Contrasen
dc.titleThe Contras and U.S. policy in Central Americaen
dc.title.alternativeThe Contras and United States policy in Central Americaen
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