The United States And Right Wing Dictatorships 1965 1989 1st Edition by David Schmitz 6610458618 9780511191978

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ISBN 10: 6610458618 

ISBN 13: 9780511191978

Author: David F. Schmitz

Building on Schmitz’s earlier work, Thank God They’re on our Side, this is an examination of American policy toward right-wing dictatorships from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War. During the 1920s American leaders developed a policy of supporting authoritarian regimes because they were seen as stable, anti-communist, and capitalist. After 1965, however, American support for these regimes became a contested issue. The Vietnam War served to undercut the logic and rationale of supporting right-wing dictators. By systematically examining US support for right-wing dictatorships in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, and bringing together these disparate episodes, this book examines the persistence of older attitudes, the new debates brought about by the Vietnam War, and the efforts to bring about changes and an end to automatic US support for authoritarian regimes.

Table of contents:

1 No Acceptable Alternative: Mobutu in the Congo
Modernization and Authoritarianism
The Removal of Lumumba
No New Frontier in Africa
Machiavelli in the Congo
No Acceptable Alternative

2 Degrading Freedom: The Johnson Administration and Right-Wing Dictatorships
A Captive of the Communists
An Effective Anti-Communist
Cracks in the Consensus
Deviation in Greek Constitutional Practices

3 Madmen: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the Quest for Order
The Nixon Doctrine
A Special Relationship
A Grievous Defeat in Chile
Strengthening Chile

4 Morality and Diplomacy: The Church Committee and Post-Vietnam Foreign Policy
The Cooper–Church Amendment
Post-Vietnam Foreign Policy
The Church Committee
Fragmented Consensus

5 A Fundamental Tenet of Foreign Policy: Jimmy Carter and Human Rights
The Case for Human Rights
Developing a Post–Cold War Foreign Policy
Presidential Directive on Human Rights
Human Rights and Chile
Thinking the Unthinkable
A Unique History
Pressing for Democratic Values

6 What Is the Alternative?: The Reagan Doctrine and Authoritarian Regimes
Authoritarian versus Totalitarian Regimes
A Sense of Proportion: Reagan and El Salvador
Constructive Engagement and South Africa
Adherence to Democratic Principles

Conclusion

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