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Alliance curse : how America lost the Third World
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Alliance curse : how America lost the Third World / Hilton L. Root.
ISBN
9780815775560 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815775563 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
Physical Description
x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward developing countries, efforts at state building, and nations growing in importance. Concludes with recommendations designed to close the gap between security and economic development"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Contents
Economic logic of the alliance curse
Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion
The dangers of triumphalism
Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations
Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts
The United States and China : the power of illusion
The United States as master builder in the Philippines
Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam
Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran
America's moral dilemma in South Asia
Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy
Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics?
Linking U.S. security to Third World development
Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs.
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