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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: LeoGrande, William M. Our own backyard. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c1998 (OCoLC)607057409 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William M LeoGrande |
| ISBN: | 0807823953 9780807823958 |
| OCLC Number: | 37221112 |
| Description: | xvi, 773 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. Origins. 1. A New Beginning. 2. The Dragons' Teeth of War. 3. From Carter to Reagan. 4. The Vicar Draws the Line. 5. A New Policy for Nicaragua. 6. Tough Guys Pt. II. El Salvador. 7. The Tonic of Elections. 8. The War Party Takes Control. 9. The President Moves to Center Stage. 10. The Politics of Murder. 11. From Conflict to Consensus. 12. El Salvador Disappears Pt. III. Nicaragua. 13. Launching the Not So Secret War. 14. Gunboat Diplomacy. 15. Bringing the War to a Head. 16. Peace Offensive. 17. Project Democracy. 18. Getting Back in the Game. 19. High Noon. 20. Iran Contra. 21. Giving Peace a Chance. 22. The Last Hurrah Pt. IV. Denouement. 23. A Kinder, Gentler Policy? 24. Why Were We in Central America? |
| Responsibility: | William M. LeoGrande. |
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Abstract:
In this book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador's civil war in the late 1970s to the final regional peace settlements negotiated a decade later, he chronicles the dramatic struggles - in Washington and Central America - that shaped the region's destiny. LeoGrande's central argument is that our Central American policy was driven by the specter of Vietnam and conflicting views on how to avoid repeating that history. Throughout the book, LeoGrande interweaves three principal thematic threads: how events in Central America came to be considered threatening to the United States, how debates within the executive branch over the appropriate response shaped policy, and how conflicts between the White House and Congress constrained presidential options.
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- Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993.
- Estados Unidos -- Relaciones exteriores -- América Central
- Estados Unidos -- Relaciones exteriores -- 1977 1981
- Estados Unidos -- relaciones exteriores -- 1981 1989
- Estados Unidos -- Relaciones exteriores -- 1989 1993
- Amérique centrale -- Relations extérieures -- États-Unis.
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- Amérique centrale.
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1977-1981.
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1981-1989.
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1989-1993.
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