Author: David F. Schmitz
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807875961
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Despite its avowed commitment to liberalism and democracy internationally, the United States has frequently chosen to back repressive or authoritarian regimes in parts of the world. In this comprehensive examination of American support of right-wing dictatorships, David Schmitz challenges the contention that the democratic impulse has consistently motivated U.S. foreign policy. Compelled by a persistent concern for order and influenced by a paternalistic racism that characterized non-Western peoples as vulnerable to radical ideas, U.S. policymakers viewed authoritarian regimes as the only vehicles for maintaining political stability and encouraging economic growth in nations such as Nicaragua and Iran, Schmitz argues. Expediency overcame ideology, he says, and the United States gained useful--albeit brutal and corrupt--allies who supported American policies and provided a favorable atmosphere for U.S. trade. But such policy was not without its critics and did not remain static, Schmitz notes. Instead, its influence waxed and waned over the course of five decades, until the U.S. interventions in Vietnam marked its culmination.
Author: David F. Schmitz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139455125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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Building on Schmitz's earlier work, Thank God They're on our Side, this is an examination of American policy toward right-wing dictatorships from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War. During the 1920s American leaders developed a policy of supporting authoritarian regimes because they were seen as stable, anti-communist, and capitalist. After 1965, however, American support for these regimes became a contested issue. The Vietnam War served to undercut the logic and rationale of supporting right-wing dictators. By systematically examining US support for right-wing dictatorships in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, and bringing together these disparate episodes, this book examines the persistence of older attitudes, the new debates brought about by the Vietnam War, and the efforts to bring about changes and an end to automatic US support for authoritarian regimes.
Author: Samuel Sullivan Cox
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385510406
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Pages : 1154
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Author: Lyman Abbott
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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Pages : 1158
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