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Titolo: |
The globalization of the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : diplomacy and local confrontation, 1975-85 / / edited by Max Guderzo and Bruna Bagnato
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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
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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.: | 9910781097403321 |
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