The West European allies, the Third World, and U.S. foreign policy : post-Cold War challenges
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The West European allies, the Third World, and U.S. foreign policy : post-Cold War challenges
（Contributions in political science, no. 282）
Greenwood Press, 1991
- : alk. paper
Available at 21 libraries
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"Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University."
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The recent and ongoing crises in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Central America, and southern Africa have been and continue to be approached in very different ways by the United States and its West European allies. Richard J. Payne shows how the many future challenges to the strategic alliance of the U.S. and the NATO countries will have to be adapted to a new and less confrontational world, emphasizing the international economic situation over political or ideological factors. Payne maintains that despite years of divergent views on how to handle Third World trouble spots, strains within the Western Alliance can be alleviated in the future by diplomatic and cooperative means.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the underlying tensions, and cooperation, between the United States and Western Europe in their approaches to the Soviet Union, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Iran-Iraq War and Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, and the struggle for ideological and political control of southwestern Africa. American and European strategies and interests in the Third World greatly affected the broader issues of detente, Eastern-Western European relations, America's leadership abilities, and ultimately NATO itself. The lessening of ideological confrontations between Moscow and Washington, Payne affirms, was followed by the revolutionary changes in Eastern Europe. This volume will be used in courses on international relations, American foreign policy, world politics, Third World politics, global issues, and West European politics. It will also be of great value to political scientists and policymakers.
Table of Contents
Introduction The NATO Alliance: Power, Interests, and Perceptions The NATO Allies and the Third World: Divergent Interests and Strategies The Middle East: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict The Gulf: The Iran-Iraq War and Operation Desert Storm Central America: Nicaragua Southern Africa: Angola, Namibia, and South Africa Post-Cold War Challenges Selected Bibliography Index
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