Goals:
-reverse Soviet advances in Third World
-raise costs borne by USSR of continuing to pursue expansionism
-avoidance of direct US - USSR conventional military confrontation
Means:
-renewed reliance on covert operations
-aid to anti-communist guerrilla armies
-coordination of policy with allied anti-communist states (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Pakistan) and non-allied but anti-Soviet states (e.g., China)
-increased military aid to anti-Soviet allies
Foci:
-Cambodia
-Soviet-allies in Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and others
-Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador