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

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

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"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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Main Author: Tyvela, Kirk (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
Subjects:
Stroessner, Alfredo, > 1912-2006.
Stroessner, Alfredo, > 1912-2006
1900-1999
Cold War.
Dictators > Paraguay > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
HISTORY > General.
Dictators
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
United States > Foreign relations > Paraguay.
Paraguay > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Paraguay > Politics and government > 1954-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Paraguay.
Paraguay > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Paraguay > Politique et gouvernement > 1954-1989.
Paraguay
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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