The globalization of the Cold War : diplomacy and local confrontation, 1975-85 / / edited by Max Guderzo and Bruna Bagnato

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 909.82/8
• Soggetto topico: World politics - 1975-1985; Cold War - Diplomatic history
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
• Altri autori: GuderzoMax BagnatoBruna <1959->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 IV Adifferent world; 10 The international system after the end of the Cold War; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The globalization of the Cold War
• ISBN: 1-135-18097-0; 1-282-97451-3; 9786612974519; 0-203-86181-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814121603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cold War History