PART IV -- REAGAN'S FREEDOM STRATEGY AGAINST SOVIET IMPERIALISM, ESPIONAGE, AND "ACTIVE MEASURES' INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS

Chapter 19 - Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe

Chapter 19 - Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe

Chapter 19 -- Complete List of Documents

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Topics

  1. Historical Context: Poland and Eastern Europe in Centuries of Conflict and a Central Front in the Cold War
     
  2. Reagan’s Freedom Strategy and the Mounting Polish Crisis: 1980 Platform, Early NIE and NSC Meetings/Decisions—1980 to December 1981
     
  3. The Crisis Erupts: Poland’s Martial Law, Soviet Invasion Threat and Reagan’s Response—December 1981
     
  4. Reagan Increases Diplomatic and Economic Pressure: NSC Discussions and Directives, Reagan Public Statements and Freedom Speeches—1982
     
  5. A Major U.S. Public Diplomacy Publication on Poland and Four Communist Myths—1982
     
  6. Reagan Continues to Step Up the Pressure—Decisions, Speeches, Public Diplomacy, and Turning Points—1983 to 1987
     
  7. Beyond Poland: Helsinki Accords, Eastern European Freedom, and the Special Case of the Baltics—1985 to 1989
     
  8. The Path to Freedom in Poland, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union in Reagan’s Last Year and Beyond—January 1988 to 1991

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