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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
THE BIPOLAR WORLD

Internet Activities: End of the Cold War



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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/evilemp.htm

Read this 1982 speech by President Reagan in which he calls the USSR the "Evil Empire." How does the rhetoric in this speech compare to that of the earlier Cold War speeches we have read? What, if anything, had changed in the U.S.-USSR relationship by 1982? Is this speech in any way reflective of the end of the Cold War? Why or why not?
2

Now read this article from 1994 about President Reagan's stance toward the Russians during the 1980s: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/foreign/reagrus.htm. Why do these authors believe the Cold War ended? What evidence do they have to support their point? How does this view contrast with that of President Reagan and the Republican Party?








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