«День Афганистана» в 1980-е гг. как пропагандистское мероприятие администрации США

Abstract

On the basis of American official documents (primarily US State Department documents), the author examines such a propaganda event of the US administration as “Afghanistan Day”, held from 1982 to 1988 inclusive in connection with the presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and should demonstrate support for Afghan anti-government groups. This issue has not yet become the subject of a separate study, which is the scientific novelty of the article. The main method used in this article is the method of comparative analysis. The author examines the proclamations announcing the “Afghanistan Day” of US State Department and of US President and briefly examines the activities carried out in connection with this action. The author also compares “Afghanistan Day” and “Baltic Freedom Day” as similar events carried out by the US administration in the 1980s. The author also touches on such a topic as the attitude of the Soviet and Afghan governments to this event and analyzes their some official statements on this issue. It seems possible to conclude that “Afghanistan Day” was part of the complex propaganda activities carried out by the United States in connection with the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan. On its own, “Afghanistan Day” could hardly have had a significant effect, but in combination with other propaganda events, it undoubtedly had an impact, helping to strengthen the position of the United States in the Soviet-American “propaganda war”.