Schmitz, David F.

The United States and right-wing dictatorships / David F. Schmitz. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - viii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

No acceptable alternative : Mobutu in the Congo -- Degrading freedom : the Johnson administration and right-wing dictatorships -- Madmen : Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the quest for order -- Morality and diplomacy : the Church Committee and post-Vietnam foreign policy -- A fundamental tenet of foreign policy : Jimmy Carter and human rights -- What is the alternative? : the Reagan Doctrine and authoritarian regimes.

0521861330 (hbk.) 9780521861335 (hbk.) 0521678536 (pbk.) 9780521678537 (pbk.)

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013391616 Uk


Dictators--History--20th century.
Right-wing extremists--History--20th century.
Totalitarianism--History--20th century.


United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

002 E 840 / S355u 2006

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