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The Cold War's last battlefield : Reagan, the Soviets, and Central America /
"An engaging insider's account by a member of President Reagan's Central America policy team. Central America was the final place where U.S. and Soviet proxy forces faced off against one another in armed conflict. In this book, Edward A. Lynch blends his own first-hand experiences as...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2011.
©2011 |
| Series: | Global academic publishing book.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The Cold War�s Last Battlefield
- Contents
- Preface: Why a Book on Central America?
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Ronald Reagan Issues a Warning
- 1. What Reagan Faced
- 2. Infighting: Wars Over U.S. Foreign Policy
- 3. Opening Moves: The “Final Offensive, � 1981
- 4. Making Enemies in Nicaragua,1979�1982
- 5. The Wars Escalate, 1982�1983
- 6. The End of the Brezhnev Doctrine, 1983
- 7. Muddying (and Mining) the Waters,1984�1985
- 8. The War at Home,1981�1986
- 9. The Iran-Contra Scandal,1986�1987
- 10. Another Year, Another Peace Plan,198711. Endgame
- 12. Reagan�s Legacy
- Epilogue: Central America and the War on Terror
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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