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Reagan's enlargement of America's military power | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

George H.W. Bush

Reagan's enlargement of America's military power early in his term of office has had the effect of raising the defence budget by more than 40% between 1981 and 1985. As a result the national debt triples during his presi...

During the second half of the | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Botha and de Klerk

During the second half of the 1980s a declining economy is further damaged by strike action on the part of black workers in the gold and diamond mines, the main source of the nation's wealth. In 1989 an ill P.W. Botha is...

The African National Congress predates the | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

ANC and PAC

The African National Congress predates the Afrikaner Nationalist Party as a political organization in South Africa. Originally founded in 1912 (as the South African Native National Congress, acquiring its present name in...