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

Informationen zum Autor Max Guderzo is Professor of the History of International Relations and holds the Jean Monnet Chair of the History of European Unification at the University of Florence. Bruna Bagnato is Associate Professor of the History of International Relations at the University of Florence. Klappentext This book focuses on the globalisation of the Cold War in the years 1975-85, highlighting the transformation from bipolar US-Soviet competition to global confrontation. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the globalisation of the Cold War in the years 1975-85, highlighting the transformation from bipolar US-Soviet competition to global confrontation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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• Authors: GUDERZO MAX BAGNATO BRUNA
• Assisted by: Bruna Bagnato (Editor), Bagnato Bruna (Editor), Max Guderzo (Editor), Guderzo Max (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2010
• EAN: 9780415552264
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55226-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 244 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Cold War History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Western, General & world history, Warfare & defence, Peace studies and conflict resolution, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, History and Archaeology, Armed Conflict