Jeane Kirkpatrick

Dictatorships and double standards

Cold-War realism with a moral edge.

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The political scientist and UN ambassador whose distinction between 'authoritarian' and 'totalitarian' regimes gave Reagan-era neoconservatism its hard-edged Cold-War doctrine.

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Conservative Democrat turned Reagan-era hawk.

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Market-oriented anti-communism.

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Distinguished authoritarian allies from totalitarian foes.

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'Dictatorships and Double Standards'
First woman US UN ambassador
Reagan Cold-War policy

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