Reagan justification of US Lebanon and Grenada campaigns

Title

Reagan justification of US Lebanon and Grenada campaigns

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:18:08

Description

Extract from broadcast speech by US President Ronald Reagan, in which he justifies the presence of US forces in the Middle East following the terrorist suicide attack on marine headquarters at Beirut Airport, and also the invasion of Grenada, which he claims met with resistance from a Cuban military force.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Middle East; Armed forces; Terrorism; Cuba; Grenada; Military affairs; Military personnel; Cold War; Lebanon; Beirut; Foreign policy; Peacekeeping

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