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1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Somza Garcia legacy -- 3. The golden years -- 4. The Anastasio Somoza Debayle period -- 5. Neutrality -- 6. Meditation -- 7. Partial withdrawal -- 8. The failure of U.S. policy -- Epilogue : lessons |
Summary |
As President Carter's ambassador to Nicaragua from l977-1979, Mauricio Solaún witnessed a critical moment in Central American history. In U.S. Intervention and Regime Change in Nicaragua, Solaún outlines the role of U.S. foreign policy during the Carter administration and explains how this policy with respect to the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979 not only failed but helped impede the institutionalization of democracy there. Solaún explores the mechanisms that kept Somoza's poorly legitimized regime in power for decades, making it the most enduring Latin American authoritarian regime of the twentieth century. Solaún argues that continual shifts in U.S. international policy have been made in response to previous policies that failed to produce U.S.- friendly international environments. His historical survey of these policy shifts provides a window on the working of U.S. diplomacy and lessons for future policy-making |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-379) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Solaún, Mauricio
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SUBJECT |
Solaún, Mauricio
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Solaún, Mauricio fast |
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Intervention (International law)
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HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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Intervention (International law)
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Politics and government
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Intervention
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Nicaraguanische Revolution
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Regierungswechsel
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Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1937-1979. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091740
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Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091733
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua
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Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Nicaragua
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United States
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Nicaragua
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USA
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
0803205317 |
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9780803205314 |
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1280510218 |
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9781280510212 |
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9786610510214 |
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6610510210 |
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