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1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 COLOSSUS CHALLENGED: U.S. CARIBBEAN POLICY IN THE 1980's; Introduction; Caribbean Developments and U.S. Policy: An Overview; Reagan's Caribbean Policy: An Analysis; Reagan's Caribbean Policy: A Critique; Conclusion; 2 SOVIET POLICY AND THE CRISIS IN THE CARIBBEAN; Introduction; A Historical Perspective; A Strategic Perspective; The USSR and Central America; Ideology; Politics; Security; Economics; Relations with Cuba and Soviet Caribbean Policy; Soviet Tactics; The Nicaraguan Revolution; El Salvador; Conclusions |
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U.S. Interests and Options in the Caribbean Basin3 CUBA IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA: LIMITS TO INFLUENCE; Introduction; Cuban Intervention and International Strains; Decline in Cubans Fortunes; Motivating Factors in Cuban Foreign Policy; Evolution of Havana's Recent Influence Seeking; The Shift Toward Military Aid in the Caribbean and Central America; Evolving Opportunities and Capabilities; Emerging Constraints on Cuban Foreign Policy; Cuban-Soviet Ties; Cuban Capabilities Versus Developmental Needs of the Region |
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Internal Political Characteristics of the Caribbean and Central AmericaThe Cuban Revolutionary Model: A Waning Image; Changing Regional and International Systems; Conclusions; 4 IDEOLOGY AND OIL: VENEZUELA IN THE CIRCUM-CARIBBEAN; The Emergence of Venezuela's Circum-Caribbean Presence; The Social Christians in Power; Policy Interests; The Limits and Effectiveness of Oil Diplomacy; 5 MEXICO'S CENTRAL AMERICAN POLICY: REVOLUTIONARY AND PRUDENTIAL DIMENSIONS; Introduction; Mexico's Importance To and Interest In Central America; The Elements of Mexico's Central American Policy |
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The Revolutionary DimensionThe Prudential Dimension; Conclusion; 6 SOME CENTRAL AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS AND POSITIONS IN THE FACE OF BIG AND MIDDLE POWER POLITICS IN THE CARIBBEAN; Introduction; Some of the Inter-Related Common Problems; The Impact of Regional Commodity and Energy Agreements; The Heterogeneity of Political Cultures; International Links and the 1948 Costa Rican Revolution; Panamanian Foreign Relations Under Torrijos; Mexican Attempts to Court Different Central American Regimes; Honduran Efforts to Manipulate Middle Powers |
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The Potential Impact of Cuban, Mexican, and Venezuelan PoliciesSome Concluding Remarks; 7 THE STRUGGLE FOR INFLUENCE AND SURVIVAL: THE UNITED STATES-MICROSTATE CARIBBEAN INTERFACE; Introduction; The Caribbean: Many Faces; The Commonwealth Caribbean: A Profile; Problems in Paradise and Internal and External Caribbean Politics; Potential for Relative Deprivation and Declining Political Support; The IMF Crisis; Microstate Foreign Policy: The Politics of Survival; The U.S.-Microstate Interface in the U.S. ""Mediterranean; A Legacy of Dependency and Domination; Cultural Dependency |
| Notes |
Political-Economic Domination in the U.S. ""Mediterranean |
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Print version record |
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Diplomatic relations
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Außenpolitik
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Konflikt
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Politieke invloed.
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| SUBJECT |
Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020287
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Caribbean Area
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Karibik
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Mittelamerika
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Westindien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429704864 |
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0429704860 |
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9780429724879 |
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042972487X |
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