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When: March 8, 1983

What: Speaking to a convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Florida, President Ronald Reagan publicly referred to the Soviet Union as "an evil empire" for the second time in his career.

Why significant: Reagan』s aggressive stance toward the Soviet Union became known as the Reagan Doctrine. He warned against what he and his supporters saw as the dangerous trend of tolerating the Soviets』 build-up of nuclear weapons and attempts to infiltrate Third World countries in order to spread communism.

Reagan proposed a policy that went beyond the Truman Doctrine of containment, urging active intervention. He vowed to increase U.S. military spending and to use force if necessary to roll back communist expansion in Third World nations. His administration provided military aid to Nicaraguan groups fighting the leftist Sandinista government and gave material support to the Afghan mujahedeen in their ongoing war against Soviets.

Reagan』s doctrine came at the same time as a surge in international and domestic protests against the U.S.-Soviet arms race. His opponents blamed the administration for causing the largest increase in American military spending since the beginning of the Cold War, a policy that swelled the nation』s budget deficit.

Tags: Cold War, Reagan Doctrine, President Ronald Reagan, Evil Empire

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