A foreign policy in transition : Moscow's retreat from Central America and the Caribbean, 1985-1992 / Jan S. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Jan S.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean Area--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Caribbean Area.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Caribbean Area.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Central America.

Central America--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Central America.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During his years of leadership in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev initiated revolutionary changes in that country's foreign and domestic policies. A Foreign Policy in Transition charts the changing Soviet policies toward Central America and the Caribbean during the Gorbachev years, examines the effects of these policies on individual countries, and looks to the role that Russia and the other Soviet-successor states will play in this region in the 1990s.Jan S. Adams analyzes the factors shaping Gorbachev's foreign policy in Central America by surveying Soviet political views

Contents:

Baseline for Change: The Brezhnev Legacy

The Early Impact of New Political Thought, 1985-1989

Reshaping the Establishment

Ripple Effects of Perestroika on Relations with Cuba

Nicaragua: Test Case of Superpower Cooperation

Relations with the Other Countries of the Isthmus

Relations with the Island and Rim Countries of the Caribbean

Prospects for the Future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-239) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062970

9781283062978

1283062976

9780822383017

0822383012

OCLC:

190762890