| Description |
ix, 363 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index. |
| Contents |
United States policy toward Central America : a retrospective of the Reagan years -- United States policy in Latin America : the Bush agenda -- "Friendly tyrants" : gauging when to change U.S. policy -- The military and democracy -- Europe's ambiguous relations with Latin America : blowing hot and cold in the Western Hemisphere -- The politics of Latin American debt -- Opportunities and obstacles to superpower conflict resolution : Soviet-American cooperation in Central America -- State-society relations in Latin America : toward a theory of the contract state -- Rethinking political development : a look backward over thirty years, and a look ahead -- Political culture and national development -- Turnaround in Nicaragua : the larger implications -- Mexico : the unraveling of a corporatist regime? -- The Dominican Republic : mirror legacies of democracy and authoritarianism -- Is Cuba next? : crises of the Castro regime -- South American domestic politics and foreign policy -- Saving Latin America from the "black hole" -- The democratic breakthrough in Latin America : challenges, prospects, and U.S. policy. |
| Subject |
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Latin America. |
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International relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 1948-1980.
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| Chronological Term |
1948-1980 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
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| Chronological Term |
1981-1989 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993.
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| Chronological Term |
1989-1993 |
| ISBN |
0814792502 acid-free paper $50.00 |
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