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The dictator dilemma : the United States and Paraguay in the Cold War /

"The Dictator Dilemma tells the story of US bilateral relations with the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989). Tyvela focuses on how and why that diplomatic relationship changed during the Cold War from cooperation, based on mutual opposition to communism, to conflict, based on clashing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyvela, Kirk (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Colección:Pitt Latin American series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : who speaks for Joelito? The dilemmas of U.S. power in the world
  • "Ties of civilized society" : inter-American security and stability
  • The formation of a "good partnership" : Eisenhower and Stroessner, 1954-1960
  • "A slight but salutary case of the jitters" : Kennedy and Stroessner, 1961-1963
  • Embracing the dictator in the Rose Garden : Johnson and Stroessner, 1963-1968
  • Cracks in the consensus : Nixon, Ford, and Stroessner, 1969-1976
  • Human rights diplomacy : Carter and Stroessner, 1977-1980
  • Pendulum diplomacy : Reagan and Stroessner, 1981-1989
  • Post-Stroessner politics and the symbolism of U.S.-Paraguayan diplomacy.