Europe - Diplomatic Relations with the U.S., Soviet History - 1964-1991, 20th Century American History - Relations - General & Miscellaneous, Russia & Former Soviet Union - Diplomatic Relations, 20th Century American History - Cold War
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The author, a special assistant to President Reagan and National Intelligence Officer for Latin America at the CIA, is still fighting the Cold War. He analyzes five conflicts in the context of American-Soviet relations--Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, Mozambique, Nicaragua--arguing that, ``the USSR has been more effective than the United States in achieving its foreign policy objectives.'' Nonetheless, he suggests that the modest successes of anti-Communist movements in these countries may have encouraged the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. Menges wants the U.S. government to encourage democratic reform yet maintain a deterrent posture to win these ``twilight struggles'' and totally end the Cold War. Informed laypersons will find his thoughts of interest.-- John Yurechko, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.Booknews
An account of the armed resistance movements that opposed or still oppose Communist regimes in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Mozambique, and Nicaragua. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 30, 1990
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : AEI, 1990.
Pages
428
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780844737010