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Author Tyvela, Kirk, author.

Title The dictator dilemma : the United States and Paraguay in the Cold War / by Kirk Tyvela
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 261 pages)
Series Pitt Latin American series
Pitt Latin American series.
Contents Introduction : who speaks for Joelito? The dilemmas of U.S. power in the world -- "Ties of civilized society" : inter-American security and stability -- The formation of a "good partnership" : Eisenhower and Stroessner, 1954-1960 -- "A slight but salutary case of the jitters" : Kennedy and Stroessner, 1961-1963 -- Embracing the dictator in the Rose Garden : Johnson and Stroessner, 1963-1968 -- Cracks in the consensus : Nixon, Ford, and Stroessner, 1969-1976 -- Human rights diplomacy : Carter and Stroessner, 1977-1980 -- Pendulum diplomacy : Reagan and Stroessner, 1981-1989 -- Post-Stroessner politics and the symbolism of U.S.-Paraguayan diplomacy
Summary "The Dictator Dilemma tells the story of US bilateral relations with the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989). Tyvela focuses on how and why that diplomatic relationship changed during the Cold War from cooperation, based on mutual opposition to communism, to conflict, based on clashing expectations concerning democratic reforms and human rights. The policy debates by officials in Washington and in Asunción brought out a tension that has defined US diplomacy for more than a century: how can the United States partner with tyrants while credibly proclaiming to advance a democratic mission in the world? Tyvela argues that the Stroessner regime was symbolic of a broader foreign policy struggle to perpetuate, enforce, and ultimately redefine the importance of friendly dictators to US global and hemispheric interests"--Publisher's description
Notes "Release date: April 9, 2019."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2019)
Subject Stroessner, Alfredo, 1912-2006.
Stroessner, Alfredo, 1912-2006
Cold War.
Dictators -- Paraguay -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Dictators
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
United States -- Foreign relations -- Paraguay
Paraguay -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Paraguay -- Politics and government -- 1954-1989.
Paraguay
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author University of Pittsburgh. Press, publisher, distributor.
ISBN 9780822986508
0822986507