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UNINA9910456904103321 |
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Titolo |
The globalization of the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : diplomacy and local confrontation, 1975-85 / / edited by Max Guderzo and Bruna Bagnato |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-18097-0 |
1-282-97451-3 |
9786612974519 |
0-203-86181-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GuderzoMax |
BagnatoBruna <1959-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World politics - 1975-1985 |
Cold War - Diplomatic history |
Electronic books. |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I The Latin American arena; 1 Carter's new look: US foreign policy in Latin America, 1977-80; 2 Operation Urgent Fury: The shift from rhetorical to military offensive in Reagan's global rollback of communism; Part II African challenges; 3 Libya, the United States and the Soviet Union: From the rise of Qadhafi to Ronald Reagan's policy of pressure; 4 Human rights versus Cold War: The Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia and the emergence of the Carter Doctrine |
5 Carter and the African morass: US policy and the failure of the state-building process in Angola and the Congo6 East-South relations in the 1970s and the GDR involvement in Africa: Between bloc loyalty and self-interest; Part III War and peace in Asia; 7 The United States and the Iran-Iraq war: The limits of American influence; 8 The United States and the Third World in the Carter years: The case of India; 9 The Sino-American entente of 1978-79 and its 'baptism of fire'in Indochina; Part |
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IV Adifferent world; 10 The international system after the end of the Cold War; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book focuses on the globalisation of the Cold War in the years 1975-85, highlighting the transformation from bipolar US-Soviet competition to global confrontation.Offering a detailed analysis of this fundamental shift that occurred during this period, as well as the interconnections of this process with the new industrial-technological revolution, this book demonstrates how the United States returned to a position of global economic leadership. In so doing, the book aims to challenge the traditional and misleading paradigm that interprets the gradual development of the Co |
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