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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.
Dictators --- Right-wing extremists --- Totalitarianism --- Dictateurs --- Extrémistes de droite --- Totalitarisme --- History --- Histoire --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Foreign relations --- Relations extérieures --- Extrémistes de droite --- Relations extérieures --- Totalitarian state --- Authoritarianism --- Collectivism --- Despotism --- Dictatorship --- Fascism --- National socialism --- Far-right extremists --- Radicals --- Tyrants --- Heads of state --- Arts and Humanities --- Dictators - History - 20th century --- Right-wing extremists - History - 20th century --- Totalitarianism - History - 20th century --- United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1989
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President Richard Nixon's first presidential term oversaw the definitive crucible of the Vietnam War. Nixon came into office seeking the kind of decisive victory that had eluded President Johnson, and went about expanding the war, overtly and covertly, in order to uphold a policy of "containment," protect America's credibility, and defy the left's antiwar movement at home. Tactically, politically, Nixon's moves made sense. However, by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat, and a resounding failure of American foreign relations. This book, authored by a foreign relations historian, is intended to provide an up-to-date analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a concise and accessible way. The author addresses the main controversies of Nixon's Vietnam strategy, and in so doing manages to trace back the ways in which this most calculating and perceptive politician wound up resigning from office a fraud and failure. Finally, the book seeks to place the impact of Nixon's policies and decisions in the larger context of post-World War II American society, and analyzes the full costs of the Vietnam War that the nation feels to this day. -- From publisher's website.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Nixon, Richard M. --- Ni-kʻo-sung, --- Nikesong, --- Nikson, Ričard Milhaus, --- Ni-kʻo-hsün, --- Nikexun, --- Nikesen, --- Ni-kʻo-sen, --- Niksūn, Rītshārd, --- Nixon, Richard Milhous, --- Nixon, Richard, --- United States --- Politics and government --- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States --- Nixon, Richard Milhous, - 1913-1994 --- United States - Politics and government - 1969-1974
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A concise history of American foreign policy from the Great Depression to the eve of World War II
Internationalism --- History --- Roosevelt, Franklin D. --- Political and social views. --- Geschichte 1933-1941 --- United States --- Foreign relations
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Cabinet officers --- Internationalists --- Scowcroft, Brent. --- National Security Council (U.S.) --- United States --- Foreign relations
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