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1) “What we asked for were weapons so that we could defend ourselves -- that's what we asked of the Soviet Union, of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, of the Algerians, of the Vietnamese; and that's what we received so that we could arm the Nicaraguan people and defend ourselves in that war imposed on us by Ronald Reagan's Administration over a number of years.”
-Daniel Ortega, Leader of the Nicaraguan Social Democratic Party "Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional" (FSLN) Translated to "Sandinista National Liberation Front". 

Daniel Ortega is the leader of this social democratic party as well as the current President of Nicaragua. In the 1980s, the Sandinista Party (that is what they're known as for short) was found to be working with Soviet Russia and Cuba during the Cold War. The United States under the Reagan Administration got help from government officers from an opposing party to fight against the Sandinista party. The United States in a controversial time in history rallied up arms for these rebel fighters known as "Contras" to fight with, and this was Ortega's response for getting arms from the Soviets. Ortega used rhetoric as described in the book as "Defending Selves and Others" through counter violence. Since the United States decided to fight against this socialist party through trained opposed workers, they felt the need to retaliate with the help from their allies, justifying it as being necessary due to the circumstances.

2) The Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War is an example of Coercive Persuasion. At the time, Soviet Union and Cuba were allies and were about to get into a serious nuclear conflict with the United States. During the Cold War, this was one of the most heightened and tense periods of the long duration of the inactive war, which seemed at one point would start a huge world crisis. This threatened the wellbeing of Americans, and induced fear without actually acting upon it. 

3) Yes.