{"product_id":"deciding-to-intervene-the-reagan-doctrine-and-american-foreign-policy-paperback-softback-9780822317890","title":"Deciding to Intervene; The Reagan Doctrine and American Foreign Policy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780822317890","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeciding to Intervene\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Reagan Doctrine and American Foreign Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames M. Scott (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822317890\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“I know of no other book that provides such an in-depth examination of the Reagan Doctrine.”-James M. Lindsay, University of Iowa\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhether to intervene in conflicts in the developing world is a major and ongoing policy issue for the United States. In \u003ci\u003eDeciding to Intervene\u003c\/i\u003e, James M. Scott examines the Reagan Doctrine, a policy that provided aid to anti-Communist insurgents-or “Freedom Fighters” as President Reagan liked to call them-in an attempt to reverse Soviet advances in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central America. Conceived early in the Reagan presidency as a means to win the Cold War, this policy was later singled out by Reagan and several of his advisors as one of the administration’s most significant efforts in the the Cold War’s final phase. \u003cbr\u003eUsing a comparative case study method, Scott examines the historical, intellectual, and ideological origins of the Reagan Doctrine as it was applied to Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. Scott draws on many previously unavailable government documents and a wide range of primary material to show both how this policy in particular, and American foreign policy in general, emerges from the complex, shifting interactions between the White House, Congress, bureaucratic agencies, and groups and individuals from the private sector. \u003cbr\u003eIn evaluating the origins and consequences of the Reagan Doctrine, \u003ci\u003eDeciding to Intervene\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes the lessons that can be learned from the Reagan administration’s policy and places them within the broad perspective of foreign policy-making today. Scott’s measured treatment of this sensitive and important topic will be welcomed by scholars in policy studies, international affairs, political science, and history, as well as by any reader with an interest in the formation of American foreign policy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Reagan Doctrine: Challenging the Soviet Union in the Third World 14\u003cbr\u003e 3. Afghanistan: Consensus, Cooperation, and the Quest for \"\u003cbr\u003eRollback\"\u003cbr\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cambodia: Disinterest, Dual Tracks, and the Search for a Settlement 82\u003cbr\u003e 5. Angola: Dissensus, Competing Agendas, and the Struggle over Constructive Engagement 112\u003cbr\u003e 6. Nicaraguas: Polarization, Stalemate, and the Contra War 152\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mozambique: Factions, Fights, and the Rejection of the Reagan Doctrine 193\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusions: The Nature and Lessons of the Reagan Doctrine 213\u003cbr\u003e Notes 255\u003cbr\u003e References 269\u003cbr\u003e Index 317\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702512840984,"sku":"9780822317890","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/deciding-to-intervene-the-reagan-doctrine-and-american-foreign-policy-paperback-softback-9780822317890","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}