Vital Interests: The Soviet Issue in U.S. Central American Policy

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1988

Vital Interests

The Soviet Issue in U.S. Central American Policy

Edited by: Bruce Larkin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685855703

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Assertions that Nicaragua's policies and political dispositions threaten U.S. security, critiques of that claim, and assessments of Soviet and Cuban activities and capabilities in Central America are represented in this unusual collection.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Map of Central America Publicly Available Download PDF	X
Introduction Bruce D. Larkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. THE CLAIM
1 A New Inter-American Policy for the Eighties Lewis Tambs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 U.S. Security and Latin America Jeane Kirkpatrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3 Geopolitics, Security, and U.S. Strategy in the Caribbean Basin David Ronfeldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4 East Confronts West in Central America William Ratliff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
5 Central America and U.S. Security Ronald Reagan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
6 Why Democracy Matters in Central America Ronald Reagan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7 Nicaragua and the Future of Central America George Shultz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Part 2. CRITIQUES AND ASSESSMENTS OF THE CLAIM
8 Soviet-Cuban Involvement in Central America: A Critique of Recent Writings Marc Edelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
9 The Dual Strategy Myth in Central American Policy Mary Vanderlaan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
10 Reagan Administration Policymakers Barbara Epstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
11 Explaining Washington's Central American Policies Laurence Whitehead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
12 The Nicaraguan Conflict: Politics and Propaganda George Philip Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
13 A West European View: Walking a Tightrope Between Self-Assertion and Alliance Loyalty Peter W. Schulze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Part 3. SOVIET AND CUBAN ACTIVITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA
14 Perspectives on the Soviet Presence in Central America Russell H. Bartley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
15 Soviet Attitudes Towards, Aid to and Contacts with Central American Revolutionaries C. G. Jacobsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
16 The USSR, Cuba, and the Crisis in Central America Jiri Valenta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
17 Soviet-Nicaraguan Relations and the Contra War Marc Edelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
18 Soviet Interests in Latin America: New Opportunities and Old Constraints W. Raymond Duncan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
19 Diversifying Dependence: Nicaragua's New Economic Links with Socialist Countries Ruben Berrios and Marc Edelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
Part 4. RECONCEPTIONS
20 America's Cuban Obsession: A Case Study in Diplomacy and Psycho-History Edward Cuddy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
21 Historical Realities E. Bradford Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
22 Repentance and Reconciliation: The Road to Peace in Central America David G. Sweet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 512

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Published: April 24, 2023
ISBN: 9781685855703