Talk:Reagan Doctrine

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 Definition An aggressive U.S. foreign policy in 1981-87 in the second term od President Ronald Reagan designed to weaken the Soviet Union by targeting the overthrow of its weak allies in the Third World. [d] [e]
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This article, since it will be in American English (as it concerns an American topic), should be copyedited accordingly.

I also spot some neutrality issues, which I leave to the reader to find... --Larry Sanger 12:49, 6 December 2007 (CST)

Cut and change as you see fit. Denis Cavanagh 13:04, 6 December 2007 (CST)

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Shouldn't it be moved to Reagan Doctrine? Hayford Peirce 10:52, 17 February 2008 (CST)

Ro Thorpe did it. Good call. Denis Cavanagh 12:14, 17 February 2008 (CST)

Thanks - Ro Thorpe 12:29, 17 February 2008 (CST)

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I'm not going to pull a wikipedia and put fact tags everywhere, but I think we need more citations in the article. Jonathan Beshears 13:46, 17 February 2008 (CST)

I generally try and put citations in the articles I write for things like statistics, less well known information etc. Most of the info here is widely known, we wouldn't need citations to say something like 'He stepped up the gear in the Cold War' when that is broadly known... Denis Cavanagh 16:54, 17 February 2008 (CST)