The Globalization of the Cold War : Diplomacy and Local Confrontation, 1975-85

ISBN-13: 9780415552264 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 188 str.

Max Guderzo

Opis

This text focuses on the globalization of the Cold War in the years 1975-85, highlighting the transformation from bipolar US-Soviet competition to global confrontation.

Spis treści

Introduction Bruna Bagnato and Max Guderzo  Part 1: The Latin American Arena  1. Carter’s New Look: US Foreign Policy in Latin America, 1977-80 Max Guderzo  2. Operation Urgent Fury: The Shift from Rhetorical to Military Offensive in Reagan’s Global Rollback of Communism Stefano Luconi  Part 2: African Challenges  3. Libya, the United States and the Soviet Union: From the Rise of Qadhafi to Ronald Reagan’s Policy of Pressure Massimiliano Cricco  4. Human Rights versus Cold War: The Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia and the Emergence of the Carter Doctrine Barbara Zanchetta  5. Carter and the African Morass: US Policy and the Failure of the State-Building Process in Angola and the Congo Maria Stella Rognoni  6. East-South Relations in the 1970s and the GDR Involvement in Africa: Between Bloc Loyalty and Self-Interest Sara Lorenzini  Part 3: War and Peace in Asia  7. The United States and the Iran-Iraq War: The Limits of American Influence Malcolm Byrne  8. The United States and the Third World in the Carter Years: The Case of India Mariele Merlati  9. The Sino-American Entente of 1978-9 and Its ‘Baptism of Fire’ in Indochina Enrico Fardella  Part 4: A Different World  10. The International System after the End of the Cold War Ennio Di Nolfo