03007nam 2200601 450 991046185170332120200520144314.01-939709-71-7(CKB)3710000000478476(EBL)4004526(SSID)ssj0001555873(PQKBManifestationID)16182342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555873(PQKBWorkID)12813758(PQKB)11233731(MiAaPQ)EBC4004526(Au-PeEL)EBL4004526(CaPaEBR)ebr11096641(CaONFJC)MIL832204(OCoLC)927490281(EXLCZ)99371000000047847620151124h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPerilous partners the benefits and pitfall of America's alliances with authoritarian regimes /Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent ; cover design, Jon MeyersWashington, District of Columbia :Cato Institute,2015.©20151 online resource (644 p.)Includes index.1-939709-70-9 Washington's questionable Cold War allies -- Uncle Sam's backyard: friendly Latin American strongmen -- Chiang Kai-Shek: America's troublesome "free world" client -- A preference for authoritarians: Washington backs South Korean dictators -- From Jinnah to jihad: Washington's Cold War relations with Pakistan -- Cold War to Holy War: the U.S.-Saudi alliance -- Subverting democracy: supporting the Shah of Iran -- Navigating a quagmire: sustaining South Vietnamese dictators -- Heart of darkness: U.S. policy toward Mobutu's dictatorship in Zaire -- Flying blind in Manila: enabling Ferdinand Marcos -- The "good communists": Tito and Ceausescu -- Playing the China card: strategic rapprochement with Beijing -- America's authoritarian partners after 9/11 -- Pyramid of cards: Washington's policy toward Egypt from Mubarak to El-Sisi -- From "golden chain" to Arab Spring: the sordid tale of U.S.-Saudi relations -- Janus-faced partners: America and Pakistan after 9/11 -- Tangled trails of the Silk Road: Washington and Central Asia's tyrants -- Closing the values gap: protecting security, preserving values.Perilous Partners creates a strategy for conducting an effective U.S. foreign policy without betraying fundamental American values.AuthoritarianismAlliancesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-Electronic books.Authoritarianism.Alliances.327.73009/04Carpenter Ted Galen939037Innocent MalouMeyers JonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461851703321Perilous partners2288114UNINA