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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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Autore: Carpenter Ted Galen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Perilous partners : the benefits and pitfall of America's alliances with authoritarian regimes / / Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent ; cover design, Jon Meyers Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-939709-71-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797516203321
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