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====Republican Party==== During [[Barry Goldwater]]'s 1964 presidential campaign in the United States, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] spent about $5 million on TV ads promoting Goldwater's foreign policy position of "Peace through Strength."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iREHODXtO-wC&pg=PA76 |page=76 |title=Posters, Propaganda, and Persuasion in Election Campaigns Around the World and Through History |author=Steven A. Seidman |publisher=Peter Lang |date=2008 |isbn=9780820486161 |access-date=2016-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103012352/http://books.google.com/books?id=iREHODXtO-wC&pg=PA76 |archive-date=2014-01-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> President [[Gerald Ford]] alluded to the concept in his [[1977 State of the Union Address]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Reporting on the State of the Union|website=The American Presidency Project|date=January 12, 1977|access-date=March 9, 2024|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-reporting-the-state-the-union-0}}</ref> In 1980, [[Ronald Reagan]], who had campaigned for Goldwater in 1964, used the phrase during his election challenge against [[Jimmy Carter]] by accusing the incumbent of weak, vacillating leadership that invited enemies to attack the United States and its allies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Politics Starts at the Water's Edge |author1=[[Kiron K. Skinner]] |author2=Serhiy Kudelia |author3=Bruce Bueno de Mesquita |author4=Condoleezza Rice |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 September 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/opinion/15skinner.html |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422214645/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/opinion/15skinner.html |archive-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0VQ4vFwPU |title=Peace Through Strength (1980 Political Commercial) |publisher=[[YouTube]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705170327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0VQ4vFwPU |archive-date=2015-07-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> Reagan later considered it one of the mainstays of his foreign policy as president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan |title=Biography of Ronald Reagan |author=[[White House]] |publisher=[[United States Government]] |access-date=2009-07-19}}</ref> In 1986, he explained it thus: <blockquote>We know that peace is the condition under which mankind was meant to flourish. Yet peace does not exist of its own will. It depends on us, on our courage to build it and guard it and pass it on to future generations. George Washington's words may seem hard and cold today, but history has proven him right again and again. "To be prepared for war," he said, "is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." Well, to those who think strength provokes conflict, [[Will Rogers]] had his own answer. He said of the world heavyweight champion of his day: "I've never seen anyone insult [[Jack Dempsey]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reagan2020.us/speeches/address_on_national_security.asp|title=Reagan 2020 - Ronald Reagan - Address on National Security|access-date=2012-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009165158/http://reagan2020.us/speeches/address_on_national_security.asp|archive-date=2016-10-09|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote> The approach has been credited for forcing the [[Soviet Union]] to lose the arms race and end the Cold War.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000lars |url-access=registration |title=Historical Dictionary Of Arms Control And Disarmament |author=Jeffrey Arthur Larsen |chapter=Peace through Strength |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000lars/page/168 168] |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=2005}}</ref> "Peace Through Strength" is the official motto of the ''Nimitz''-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, [[USS Ronald Reagan|USS ''Ronald Reagan'']] (CVN-76).<ref>{{cite web|title='Peace Through Strength' - The Official Web Site of CVN 76 USS Ronald Reagan|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn76/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005203603/http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn76/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=October 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Peace Through Strength" has appeared in every party platform of the Republican Party since 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Party Platform of 1980|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25844|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026064027/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25844|archive-date=October 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Party Platform of 1984|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25845|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011010329/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25845|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Party Platform of 1988|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25846|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004455/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25846|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Platform of 1992|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004503/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Party Platform of 1996|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004503/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Republican Party Platform of 2000|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004503/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25849|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2008 Republican Party Platform|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=78545|publisher=The American Presidenty Project|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112230334/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=78545|archive-date=November 12, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Republican Platform|title=We Believe in America|url=http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_exceptionalism/|publisher=Republican National Committee|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017010250/http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_Exceptionalism/|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Huntley|first=Steve|title=Romney's Foreign Policy: Peace Through Strength|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/15634669-452/romneys-foreign-policy-promotes-peace-through-strength.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203132948/http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/15634669-452/romneys-foreign-policy-promotes-peace-through-strength.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2013|access-date=October 12, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Sun Times|date=October 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Editorial|title=Romney's Peace Through Strength|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/8/romneys-peace-through-strength/|access-date=October 12, 2012|newspaper=Washington Times|date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410171856/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/8/romneys-peace-through-strength/|archive-date=April 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Walshe|first=Shushannah|title=Paul Ryan Describes Mitt Romney Foreign Policy as the 'Peace Through Strength Doctrine'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/paul-ryan-says-mitt-romney-foreign-policy-is-peace-through-strength-doctrine/|newspaper=The Note, ABC News|date=September 12, 2012|access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111031841/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/paul-ryan-says-mitt-romney-foreign-policy-is-peace-through-strength-doctrine/|archive-date=January 11, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/ted-cruzs-hugely-expensive-plan-for-a-huge-military/462993/ |title=Ted Cruz's Hugely Expensive Plan for a Huge Military |work=[[The Atlantic]] |author=David A. Graham |date=February 16, 2016 |access-date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622225841/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/ted-cruzs-hugely-expensive-plan-for-a-huge-military/462993/ |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-channels-reagan-promising-peace-1481076359-htmlstory.html|title=Trump channels Reagan, promising 'peace through strength'|author=Mark Z. Barabak|date=December 6, 2016|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=December 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211131418/http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-channels-reagan-promising-peace-1481076359-htmlstory.html|archive-date=December 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> On assuming office in January 2017, [[Donald Trump]] cited the idea of "Peace Through Strength" as central to his overall "America First" foreign policy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-national-security-adviser-says-foreign-policy-will-emphasize-peace-through-strength/2017/01/10/e4652c08-d767-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html |title=Trump's national security adviser says foreign policy will emphasize 'peace through strength' |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |author=Karen DeYoung |date=January 10, 2017 |access-date=January 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118221141/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-national-security-adviser-says-foreign-policy-will-emphasize-peace-through-strength/2017/01/10/e4652c08-d767-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> As such the introduction to US National Defense Strategy of 2018 states: The US force posture combined with the allies will "preserve peace through strength." The document proceeds to detail what "achieving peace through strength requires."<ref>US National Defense Strategy, (Washington: Department of Defense, 2018), p 1, 6, https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807132339/https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf |date=2018-08-07 }}</ref>
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