cam a22 4 4500 569211875 CHVBK 20200516103234.0 180914s2019 xxu b 001 0 eng|c 2018041025 978-1-944424-92-3 hardback 1-944424-92-X hardback 978-1-944424-93-0 eISBN (OCoLC)1052904301 (IDSLU)001364747 (OCoLC)1052904301 (OCoLC)1091480967 PUL ger SzZuIDS LU rda JZ1480 .C37 2019 327.73 23 Carpenter Ted Galen 1947- (DE-588)129687863 Verfasser aut Gullible superpower U.S. support for bogus foreign democratic movements Ted Galen Carpenter Washington, D.C. Cato Institute 2019 x, 315 Seiten Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-304) and index Alleged pro-democracy activists around the world are remarkably adept at telling American leaders exactly what they wish to hear. Their goal: winning crucial diplomatic, economic, and military support from the United States. As powerfully detailed in this book, this tactic has often led U.S. policymakers and opinion leaders to support causes that have stained America's honor or resulted in tragic consequences. The author, a foreign policy expert, has crafted a deeply penetrating look at some of the most prominent cases and their resonating impact. He takes us from the Nicaraguan Contras, Angola's Jonas Savimbi, the Kosovo Liberation Army, the Iraqi National Congress, and Ukraine's Maidan demonstrators to U.S. military entanglements in bloody and unnecessary wars in Kosovo, Iraq, Libya, and Syria--with other tragic stops along the way. In each chapter, the author provides a thorough analysis of U.S. missteps, a wealth of historical details, and the lessons that need to be learned Geschichte 1981-2018 gnd Ausland (DE-588)4068999-2 gnd Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Bündnis (DE-588)4069715-0 gnd Demokratisierung (DE-588)4124941-0 gnd Verbündeter (DE-588)4467331-0 gnd Democratization Government policy United States Democracy Government policy United States USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd United States Foreign relations 1989- United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 u ML 5700 idslu LR u ME 3370 idslu LR BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 NL201911 idslu L1 160 IDS LU IDSLU LUUHL LUUHL UHFRE ML 5700 2019 IDSLU 100 1- Carpenter Ted Galen 1947- (DE-588)129687863 Verfasser aut IDSLU ILU50 ILU01 LUZHB https://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSLUZ/001364747/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 569211875