Opportunities and Dangers of Soviet-Cuban Expansion

Towards a Pragmatic U.S. Policy

Richard J. Payne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

261 Seiten

1988
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-88706-797-6 (ISBN)

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Combined with aggressive rhetoric and ideological hostility, the conventional approach to crisis resolution generates only military options and diminishes our prospects for less dangerous solutions. This book explains how a workable, pragmatic, and efficient foreign policy in relation to Soviet-Cuban activities in the Third World can evolve through negotiation, that de-emphasizes ideology. The focus is on problems within less developed countries-problems that provide opportunities for Soviet-Cuban involvement.

The book examines several Third World conflicts in which the Soviet Union and Cuba are involved (The Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Southern Africa, and the Commonwealth Caribbean) and suggests a pragmatic policy tailored to each regional conflict. An objective assessment of Soviet-Cuban activities discovers opportunities for cooperation and mutual restraint.

Richard J. Payne is Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Soviet-Cuban Activities: Toward a Pragmatic U.S.Policy

2. The Horn of Africa: U.S. Pragmatism, Not Paralysis

3. Afghanistan: Define Interests and Recognize Limits of Power

4. Nicaragua: Support the Revolution to Moderate It

5. The Commonwealth Caribbean: Exercise Economic and Diplomatic Options

6. Southern Africa: Focus on the Problems, Not Moscow

7. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.7.1988
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-88706-797-2 / 0887067972
ISBN-13	978-0-88706-797-6 / 9780887067976
Zustand	Neuware