Abstract
After the American disaster in Vietnam, U.S. foreign policy gave way to significant Soviet gains in the 1970s. With the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Soviet expansionism in Southeast Asia and Africa, the Soviets capitalized on the lack of leadership in American foreign policy to expand their influence around the globe.This paper explores one particular strain of the Cold War, in particular the Soviet-Afghan war and the role that the United States strategy played in affecting the outcome of that war. The Americans first sought to increase costs for the Soviet Union by supplying funds and Soviet-style arms to the Afghan resistance (mujahadeen). Second, President Reagan escalated the conflict as part of a larger strategy, the "Reagan Doctrine." Third, the American strategy was integral in the Soviet withdrawal in 1988-1989 and served as an important component to ending the Cold War.
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