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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhen William Michael Schmidli writes about Reagan's policies, he sounds like a Reaganite. And when he writes about Nicaragua, he sounds like a Sandinista. Some may find this unsettling. I take it to be one of his strengths as a historian.
* Hispanic American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: "The Most Important Place in the World": The Reagan Administration, Democracy Promotion, and the Nicaraguan Revolution
1. Competing Visions: Human Rights and American Foreign Policy in the Era of Détente, 1968-1980
2. "A Hostile Takeover": The Reagan Administration and U.S. Cold War Policy, 1981-1982
3. "Is This Not Respect for Human, Economic, and Social Rights?": Nicaragua and the United States, 1979-1984
4. "Global Revolution": The Ascendance of Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1982-1986
5. Tracking the "Indiana Jones of the Right": Right-Wing Transnational Activism, Public Diplomacy, and the Reagan Doctrine, 1981-1990
6. "The Grindstone on Which We Sharpen Ourselves": Solidarity Activism and the U.S. War on Nicaragua, 1981-1990
7. From the Cold War to the End of History: U.S. Democracy Promotion, Interventionism, and Unipolarity, 1987-1990
Conclusion: The Reagan Imprint: Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Relations After the Cold War
