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Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root
| Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Developing countries
National security - United States Nation-building - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13138-9
9786612131387 0-8157-0151-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic logic of the alliance curse -- Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion -- The dangers of triumphalism -- Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations -- Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts -- The United States and China : the power of illusion -- The United States as master builder in the Philippines -- Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam -- Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran -- America's moral dilemma in South Asia -- Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy -- Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics? -- Linking U.S. security to Third World development -- Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454026403321 |
Root Hilton L
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root
| Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Developing countries
National security - United States Nation-building - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-13138-9
9786612131387 0-8157-0151-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic logic of the alliance curse -- Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion -- The dangers of triumphalism -- Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations -- Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts -- The United States and China : the power of illusion -- The United States as master builder in the Philippines -- Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam -- Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran -- America's moral dilemma in South Asia -- Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy -- Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics? -- Linking U.S. security to Third World development -- Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778024003321 |
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Root Hilton L
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alliance curse : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root
| Alliance curse : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Developing countries
National security - United States Nation-building - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-13138-9
9786612131387 0-8157-0151-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic logic of the alliance curse -- Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion -- The dangers of triumphalism -- Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations -- Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts -- The United States and China : the power of illusion -- The United States as master builder in the Philippines -- Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam -- Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran -- America's moral dilemma in South Asia -- Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy -- Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics? -- Linking U.S. security to Third World development -- Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824907403321 |
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Root Hilton L
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling
| America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling |
| Autore | Girling J. L. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Development |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-85881-4
0-203-83577-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Perspectives on the Third World; Perspectives applied: practice; Perspectives compared; Part one REVOLUTION; Introduction; 2 Revolutionary motivation; Peasant participants; Motivation and mobility; Opposition and order; Concept and conditions; Case studies: Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; 3 Structural context; Catalytic insurrection: Cuba; Why failure?; An alternative: national resistance; Another alternative: urban insurgency; The Chinese way; Prospects
4 General theory of revolution?Universal theory, specific conditions; Political, psychological, systemic theories; Part two INTERVENTION; Introduction; 5 US foreign policy: two perspectives; Security and pluralism; Dominance and dependence; Perspectives compared; Conclusion; 6 America and the Third World: from involvement to intervention; Global involvement; Strategic-economic nexus; Stages of intervention; America in a 'bind'; 7 Limited war; Education in the Cold War; Military solutions preferred; 8 Counter-insurgency: analysts and operators; Contract research; Neutrality of technicians 'Suppression'SMASH; 9 Implications of involvement; Nixon Doctrine: two views; Push and pull: global alarms; Manipulation from below; Politics and morals: the linkage; Deep involvement; Prospects; 10 Conclusion: the global condition; Strategic disengagement; Total engagement; Intermediate strategy; Solution?; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463493103321 |
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Girling J. L. S.
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling
| America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling |
| Autore | Girling J. L. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Development |
| ISBN |
1-136-85881-4
0-203-83577-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Perspectives on the Third World; Perspectives applied: practice; Perspectives compared; Part one REVOLUTION; Introduction; 2 Revolutionary motivation; Peasant participants; Motivation and mobility; Opposition and order; Concept and conditions; Case studies: Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; 3 Structural context; Catalytic insurrection: Cuba; Why failure?; An alternative: national resistance; Another alternative: urban insurgency; The Chinese way; Prospects
4 General theory of revolution?Universal theory, specific conditions; Political, psychological, systemic theories; Part two INTERVENTION; Introduction; 5 US foreign policy: two perspectives; Security and pluralism; Dominance and dependence; Perspectives compared; Conclusion; 6 America and the Third World: from involvement to intervention; Global involvement; Strategic-economic nexus; Stages of intervention; America in a 'bind'; 7 Limited war; Education in the Cold War; Military solutions preferred; 8 Counter-insurgency: analysts and operators; Contract research; Neutrality of technicians 'Suppression'SMASH; 9 Implications of involvement; Nixon Doctrine: two views; Push and pull: global alarms; Manipulation from below; Politics and morals: the linkage; Deep involvement; Prospects; 10 Conclusion: the global condition; Strategic disengagement; Total engagement; Intermediate strategy; Solution?; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788587903321 |
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Girling J. L. S.
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling
| America and the Third World . Volume 80 : revolution and intervention / / John L. S. Girling |
| Autore | Girling J. L. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Development |
| ISBN |
1-136-85881-4
0-203-83577-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Perspectives on the Third World; Perspectives applied: practice; Perspectives compared; Part one REVOLUTION; Introduction; 2 Revolutionary motivation; Peasant participants; Motivation and mobility; Opposition and order; Concept and conditions; Case studies: Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; 3 Structural context; Catalytic insurrection: Cuba; Why failure?; An alternative: national resistance; Another alternative: urban insurgency; The Chinese way; Prospects
4 General theory of revolution?Universal theory, specific conditions; Political, psychological, systemic theories; Part two INTERVENTION; Introduction; 5 US foreign policy: two perspectives; Security and pluralism; Dominance and dependence; Perspectives compared; Conclusion; 6 America and the Third World: from involvement to intervention; Global involvement; Strategic-economic nexus; Stages of intervention; America in a 'bind'; 7 Limited war; Education in the Cold War; Military solutions preferred; 8 Counter-insurgency: analysts and operators; Contract research; Neutrality of technicians 'Suppression'SMASH; 9 Implications of involvement; Nixon Doctrine: two views; Push and pull: global alarms; Manipulation from below; Politics and morals: the linkage; Deep involvement; Prospects; 10 Conclusion: the global condition; Strategic disengagement; Total engagement; Intermediate strategy; Solution?; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820865603321 |
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Girling J. L. S.
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civil society : the American model and Third World development / / Howard J. Wiarda
| Civil society : the American model and Third World development / / Howard J. Wiarda |
| Autore | Wiarda Howard J. <1939-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colo., : Westview Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil society - Developing countries
Corporate state - Developing countries Comparative government |
| ISBN |
1-283-26148-0
9786613261489 0-8133-4620-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Civil Society, Democracy, and Corporatism in the Third World; PART II: THEORY AND CONCEPTS; 2 Civil Society: History and Meaning(s); 3 Corporatist Systems of Civil Society; PART III: CASE STUDIES IN CIVIL SOCIETY; 4 Sub-Saharan Africa; 5 East Asia; 6 Latin America; 7 The Middle East and Islamic Society; 8 Is Civil Society Exportable?: The American Modeland Third World Development; Suggested Readings; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818403803321 |
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Wiarda Howard J. <1939->
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| Boulder, Colo., : Westview Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreign aid in the national interest [[electronic resource] ] : promoting freedom, security, and opportunity
| Foreign aid in the national interest [[electronic resource] ] : promoting freedom, security, and opportunity |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Agency for International Development, , 2002 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NatsiosAndrew S |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, American - Developing countries
National security |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Foreign aid in the national interest |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910692000603321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Agency for International Development, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreign policy at the periphery : the shifting margins of US international relations since World War II / / edited by Bevan Sewell and Maria Ryan
| Foreign policy at the periphery : the shifting margins of US international relations since World War II / / edited by Bevan Sewell and Maria Ryan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (395 pages) |
| Disciplina | 973.9 |
| Collana | Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace |
| ISBN | 0-8131-6848-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Bevan Sewell and Maria Ryan -- part 1. Themes -- 1. How the periphery became the center : the Cold War, the third world, and the transformation in US strategic thinking / Robert J. McMahon -- 2. Peripheral vision : US modernization efforts and the periphery / David Ekbladh -- 3. Narratives of core and periphery : the Cold War and after / Andrew J. Rotter -- 4. US government responses to anti-Americanism at the periphery / Alan McPherson -- 5. Peripheral places/global war / Simon Dalby -- part 2. Case studies -- 6. Whistling in the dark : US efforts to navigate un policy toward decolonization, 1945-1963 / Mary Ann Heiss -- 7. One world? Rethinking America's margins, 1935-1945 / Ryan Irwin -- 8. Accidental diplomats : the influence of American evangelical missionaries on US relations with the Congo during the early Cold War period, 1959-1963 / Philip Dow -- 9. Structuring the economy on the periphery : the United States, the 1958 Argentine stabilization agreement, and the evolution of global capitalism / Dustin Walcher -- 10. Dialogue or détente : Henry Kissinger, Latin America, and the prospects for a new inter-American understanding, 1973-1977 / Tanya Harmer -- 11. Uncertainty rising : oil money and international terrorism in the 1970s / Christopher R.W. Dietrich -- 12. The peripheral center : Nicaragua in US policy and the US imagination at the end of the Cold War / David Ryan -- 13. Enlargement and its discontents : core and periphery in Clinton-era foreign policy / Hal Brands -- 14. The War on Terror and the new periphery / Maria Ryan. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154313803321 |
| Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nuclear apartheid [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present / / Shane J. Maddock
| Nuclear apartheid [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present / / Shane J. Maddock |
| Autore | Maddock Shane J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.1/7470973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Government policy - United States - History
Nuclear arms control - United States - History Nuclear nonproliferation - United States - History Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Developing countries - History Nuclear arms control - Developing countries - History Nuclear nonproliferation - Developing countries - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0422-1
0-8078-9584-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The Ideal Number of Nuclear Weapons States Is One: Nuclear Nonproliferation and the Quest for American Atomic Supremacy; 2 Too Stupid Even for the Funny Papers: The Myth of the American Atomic Monopoly, 1939-1945; 3 Winning Weapons: A-Bombs, H-Bombs, and International Control, 1946-1953; 4 The President in the Gray Flannel Suit: Conformity, Technological Utopianism, and Nonproliferation, 1953-1956; 5 Seeking a Silver Bullet: Nonproliferation, the Test Ban, and Nuclear Sharing, 1957-1960
6 Tests and Toughness: JFK's False Start on the Proliferation Question, 1961-19627 Too Big to Spank: JFK, Nuclear Hegemony, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1962-1963; 8 Hunting for Easter Eggs: LBJ, NATO, and Nonproliferation, 1963-1965; 9 A Treaty to Castrate the Impotent: Codifying Nuclear Apartheid, 1965-1970; 10 The Legacy of Nuclear Apartheid; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456384203321 |
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Maddock Shane J
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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