| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 312 pages) |
| Series |
The United States in the world |
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United States in the world.
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| Contents |
Competing visions: human rights and American foreign policy in the era of détente, 1968-1980 -- "A hostile takeover": the Reagan administration and US Cold War policy, 1981-1982 -- "Is this not respect for human, economic, and social rights?": Nicaragua and the United States, 1979-1984 -- "Global revolution": the ascendance of democracy promotion in US foreign policy, 1982-1986 -- Tracking "the Indiana Jones of the right": right-wing transnational activism, public diplomacy, and the Reagan doctrine, 1981-1990 -- "The grindstone on which we sharpen ourselves": solidarity activism and the US war on Nicaragua, 1981-1990 -- From the Cold War to the end of history: US democracy promotion, interventionism, and unipolarity, 1987-1990 |
| Summary |
"A historical analysis of the Ronald Reagan administration's (1981-1989) human rights policy, focusing on the rise of democracy promotion as a US foreign policy priority in the late Cold War, using the US intervention against the revolutionary government of Nicaragua, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (1979-1990), as the case study."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource and print record; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2022) |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Cold War -- Influence.
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Intervention (International law)
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Diplomatic relations
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Human rights -- Political aspects
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Intervention (International law)
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War -- Influence
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United States of America, USA.
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20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
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General & world history.
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History of the Americas.
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Politics & government.
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Politics and Government.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua -- Case studies
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| Subject |
Nicaragua
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021057944 |
| ISBN |
9781501765162 |
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1501765167 |
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9781501765179 |
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1501765175 |
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