{"id":1912,"date":"2021-08-02T03:16:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T03:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&p=1912"},"modified":"2022-06-12T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T18:46:20","slug":"introduction-to-a-new-world-order-foreign-policy-under-reagan-and-bush","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/introduction-to-a-new-world-order-foreign-policy-under-reagan-and-bush\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to a New World Order: Foreign Policy under Reagan and Bush","rendered":"Introduction to a New World Order: Foreign Policy under Reagan and Bush"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: describe foreign policies and conflicts under Reagan and Bush's presidency<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3977\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"570\"]\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/us-history\/pages\/31-3-a-new-world-order?query=George%20H.%20W.%20Bush%20greets%20U.S.%20troops%20stationed%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia%20on%20Thanksgiving%20Day%20in%201990.%20The%20first%20troops%20were%20deployed%20there%20in%20August%201990%2C%20as%20part%20of%20Operation%20Desert%20Shield%2C%20which%20was%20intended%20to%20build%20U.S.%20military%20strength%20in%20the%20area%20in%20preparation%20for%20an%20eventual%20military%20operation.&target=%7B%22type%22%3A%22search%22%2C%22index%22%3A0%7D#CNX_History_31_03_BushTroops\"<\/a> Figure 1<\/strong>. George H. W. Bush greets U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day in 1990. The first troops were deployed there in August 1990, as part of Operation Desert Shield, which was intended to build U.S. military strength in the area in preparation for an eventual military operation.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWhile Ronald Reagan worked to restrict the influence of the federal government in people\u2019s lives, he simultaneously pursued interventionist policies abroad as part of a global Cold War strategy. Eager to cure the United States of \u201cVietnam Syndrome,\u201d he increased the American stockpile of weapons and aided anti-Communist groups in the Caribbean and Central America. The Reagan administration\u2019s secret sales of arms to Iran proved disastrous, however, and resulted in indictments for administration officials. When the Cold War ended, attention shifted to escalating tensions in the Middle East, where an international coalition assembled by George H. W. Bush drove invading Iraqi forces from Kuwait. As Bush discovered in the last years of his presidency, even this almost-flawless exercise in international diplomatic and military power was not enough to calm a changing cultural and political climate at home.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: describe foreign policies and conflicts under Reagan and Bush’s presidency<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1<\/strong>. George H. W. Bush greets U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day in 1990. The first troops were deployed there in August 1990, as part of Operation Desert Shield, which was intended to build U.S. military strength in the area in preparation for an eventual military operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While Ronald Reagan worked to restrict the influence of the federal government in people\u2019s lives, he simultaneously pursued interventionist policies abroad as part of a global Cold War strategy. Eager to cure the United States of \u201cVietnam Syndrome,\u201d he increased the American stockpile of weapons and aided anti-Communist groups in the Caribbean and Central America. The Reagan administration\u2019s secret sales of arms to Iran proved disastrous, however, and resulted in indictments for administration officials. When the Cold War ended, attention shifted to escalating tensions in the Middle East, where an international coalition assembled by George H. W. Bush drove invading Iraqi forces from Kuwait. As Bush discovered in the last years of his presidency, even this almost-flawless exercise in international diplomatic and military power was not enough to calm a changing cultural and political climate at home.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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