The Reagan Administration's Battle for Foreign Aid
Hardt, D. Brent
1986
- Volume 10, Issue 2. Summer Despite continued opposition within Congress and the American public at large, the Reagan administration has striven since it entered office to secure aid for the contra forces of Nicaragua. Perhaps more interesting than the sheer doggedness of the administration has been its willingness to modify its purported objectives in order to secure support ... read morefor the aid requests. D. Brent Hardt, in a revealing anatomy of the battle for contra aid, details how the administration's position evolved from competing views within the White House to focus on the interdiction of supplies to El Salvadoran rebels, then on internal Nicaraguan reforms, and finally on the all but stated desire to overthrow the Sandinista government. The changes in the administration's stance, according to Mr. Hardt, were largely induced by Congressional pressures. With survival of the contras as a political force at stake, the Reagan administration will pull out all the stops in an ongoing effort to secure financial assistance for the rebels. The author concludes that the contras will remain the cornerstone of an inconclusive and ambiguous U.S. policy toward Nicaragua. read less
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