Angola Tests the Reagan Doctrine


 

Publication Date: November 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): William Pascoe

Research Area: Government

Keywords: International organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: Angola

Abstract:

The Soviet assumption of control of military actions in Angola is a serious escalation of Soviet intervention in southern Africa. It is a new threat to U.S. interests in that geostrategically and economically critical region. In response, the U.S. must take new actions to prevent the defeat of UNITA by Soviet-directed and Cuban-backed MPLA-PT troops.