03611nam 2200661Ia 450 991045690410332120200520144314.01-135-18097-01-282-97451-397866129745190-203-86181-7(CKB)2550000000001448(EBL)465342(OCoLC)562262812(SSID)ssj0000338196(PQKBManifestationID)11292565(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338196(PQKBWorkID)10295641(PQKB)10524572(MiAaPQ)EBC465342(PPN)198462123(Au-PeEL)EBL465342(CaPaEBR)ebr10361767(CaONFJC)MIL297451(EXLCZ)99255000000000144820090702d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe globalization of the Cold War[electronic resource] diplomacy and local confrontation, 1975-85 /edited by Max Guderzo and Bruna BagnatoLondon ;New York Routledge20101 online resource (201 p.)Cold War HistoryIncludes index.1-138-81965-4 0-415-55226-5 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 Doctrine5 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 IV Adifferent world; 10 The international system after the end of the Cold War; IndexThis 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 CoCold War HistoryWorld politics1975-1985Cold WarDiplomatic historyUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Electronic books.World politicsCold WarDiplomatic history.909.82/8Guderzo Max884875Bagnato Bruna1959-282036MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456904103321The globalization of the Cold War1975820UNINA