TY - BOOK ID - 5402053 TI - The United States and right-wing dictatorships, 1965-1989 PY - 2006 SN - 0521678536 0521861330 0511191979 9780511191978 0511190166 9780511190162 9780521861335 9780521678537 0511191693 9780511191695 9780511819971 0511819978 9780511316159 0511316151 1107168120 1280458615 0511190808 051119112X PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Dictators KW - Right-wing extremists KW - Totalitarianism KW - Dictateurs KW - Extrémistes de droite KW - Totalitarisme KW - History KW - Histoire KW - United States KW - Etats-Unis KW - Foreign relations KW - Relations extérieures KW - Extrémistes de droite KW - Relations extérieures KW - Totalitarian state KW - Authoritarianism KW - Collectivism KW - Despotism KW - Dictatorship KW - Fascism KW - National socialism KW - Far-right extremists KW - Radicals KW - Tyrants KW - Heads of state KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Dictators - History - 20th century KW - Right-wing extremists - History - 20th century KW - Totalitarianism - History - 20th century KW - United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1989 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5402053 AB - 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. ER -