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Autore: |
Carpenter Ted Galen
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Titolo: |
Perilous partners : the benefits and pitfall of America's alliances with authoritarian regimes / / Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent ; cover design, Jon Meyers
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Cato Institute, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (644 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73009/04 |
Soggetto topico: | Authoritarianism |
Alliances | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1989- | |
Persona (resp. second.): | InnocentMalou |
MeyersJon | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Perilous Partners creates a strategy for conducting an effective U.S. foreign policy without betraying fundamental American values. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Perilous partners ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-939709-71-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797516203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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