Intervention into the 1990s : U. S. Foreign Policy in the Third World

by Schraeder, Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9781555872922
• ISBN10: 1555872921
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Studying U.S. Intervention in the Third World	p. 1
Origins of Intervention
The Evolution of the Interventionist Impulse	p. 23
The Development of Low-Intensity-Conflict Doctrine	p. 37
The Globalist-Regionalist Debate	p. 55
Tools of Intervention
Economic and Military Aid	p. 75
Economic Sanctions	p. 97
Covert Intervention	p. 113
Paramilitary Intervention	p. 131
Direct Military Intervention	p. 153
Constraints on Intervention
The Domestic Environment	p. 175
Government and the Military Establishment	p. 193
The Structure of the International System	p. 209
International Law	p. 229
Case Studies
South Africa	p. 247
The Philippines	p. 269
Nicaragua	p. 285
Iran	p. 303
The Persian Gulf	p. 321
Panama	p. 343
The Arab-Israeli Conflict	p. 361
Conclusion
U.S. Intervention in Perspective	p. 385
Acronyms	p. 407
Notes	p. 411
Selected Bibliography	p. 455
About the Contributors	p. 467
Index	p. 471
About the Book	p. 490
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