Perilous partners : the benefits and pitfall of America's alliances with authoritarian regimes / Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent ; cover design, Jon Meyers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Ted Galen, author.

Innocent, Malou, author.

Contributor:

Meyers, Jon, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Alliances.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Cato Institute, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perilous Partners creates a strategy for conducting an effective U.S. foreign policy without betraying fundamental American values.

Contents:

Washington's questionable Cold War allies

Uncle Sam's backyard: friendly Latin American strongmen

Chiang Kai-Shek: America's troublesome "free world" client

A preference for authoritarians: Washington backs South Korean dictators

From Jinnah to jihad: Washington's Cold War relations with Pakistan

Cold War to Holy War: the U.S.-Saudi alliance

Subverting democracy: supporting the Shah of Iran

Navigating a quagmire: sustaining South Vietnamese dictators

Heart of darkness: U.S. policy toward Mobutu's dictatorship in Zaire

Flying blind in Manila: enabling Ferdinand Marcos

The "good communists": Tito and Ceausescu

Playing the China card: strategic rapprochement with Beijing

America's authoritarian partners after 9/11

Pyramid of cards: Washington's policy toward Egypt from Mubarak to El-Sisi

From "golden chain" to Arab Spring: the sordid tale of U.S.-Saudi relations

Janus-faced partners: America and Pakistan after 9/11

Tangled trails of the Silk Road: Washington and Central Asia's tyrants

Closing the values gap: protecting security, preserving values.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781939709714

1939709717

OCLC:

927490281