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Title:

Dealing with dictators : dilemmas of U.S. diplomacy and intelligence analysis, 1945-1990 / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, editors ; with Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson.

Publisher:

MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiv, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dictators--Case studies.
Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.
Totalitarianism--Case studies.
Dictateurs--Cas, Études de.
Service des renseignements--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle--Cas, Études de.
Totalitarisme--Cas, Études de.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.--Case studies.
États-Unis--Relations extérieures--1945-1989--Cas, Études de.

Other Authors:

May, Ernest R.,
Zelikow, Philip, 1954-
Lundberg, Kirsten.
Johnson, Robert David, 1967-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Seven tenets / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow -- China, 1945-1948 : making hard choices / Ernest R. May, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- The Congo, 1960-1963 : weighing worst choices / Charles G. Cogan and Ernest R. May, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- Nicaragua, 1977-1979 : losing "our son-of-a-bitch" / Robert D. Johnson, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg -- Iran, 1978-1979 : coping with the unthinkable / Gregory F. Treverton, with assistance from James Klocke -- The Philippines, 1983-1986 : arranging a divorce / William E. Kline and James Worthen, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- Iraq, 1988-1990 : unexpectedly heading toward war / Zachary Karabell ... [et al.] -- Learning from the cases / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow.

Series:

BCSIA studies in international security

ISBN:

9780262633246 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262633248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262134590 (alk. paper)
0262134594 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62679945

LCCN:

2005058420

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)