Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger feels the U.S. was close to a solution to the Angola problem before Congress got involved and, in his opinion, encouraged the Soviets to continue their intervention. Nonetheless, Western officials believe the Kremlin is still divided over the aid program. Some Soviet defense officials argued that it would militarily...
A Lebanese military spokesman described the Damur air sortie as an attempt to help ground forces recover army vehicles seized in a Moslem-leftist ambush. Orders for the attack apparently came from the Lebanese army commander, Major General Hanna Saeed, a Maronite Christian. Premier Rashid Karami, a Moslem who is...
Although most of his skirmishes have been with Third World delegates, last month Moynihan directed his fire at the Soviet Union. When several black African nations introduced an amendment to the apartheid resolution condemning South African intervention in Angola, Moynihan countered by standing up and reading excerpts from news stories...
Ledesma, who hopes to become a math professor, protrays himself as someone who clashes with Mormon stereotypes. First, he says, his liberal preferences clash with the church's generally conservative leanings; "I believe in strong government intervention," he says, his hands bobbing and weaving to stress his points. Ledesma says...
In light of the weakening position of the F.N.L.A.-UNITA coalition, it seemed that the West's best hope would be to reduce Moscow's influence in Angola, or, in the words of one British government official, "to help the M.P.L.A. get the Russians off their back." In...