Friendly Tyrants An American Dilemma
What do the South Vietnamese government, the Shah and Ferdinand Marcos have in common? All were allied to the United States; all defied democratic and liberal norms; and all three fell in a blaze, creating problems for the United States. These three cases - and another eighteen more - are the subjec...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1991, 1991
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | What do the South Vietnamese government, the Shah and Ferdinand Marcos have in common? All were allied to the United States; all defied democratic and liberal norms; and all three fell in a blaze, creating problems for the United States. These three cases - and another eighteen more - are the subject of Friendly Tyrants, the first study ever to survey the contentious, persistent problem of U.S. government relations with pro-American authoritarian rulers |
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| Physical Description: | XXV, 542 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349216765 |