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Reagan's War on Terrorism in Nicaragua : The Outlaw State.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498537186
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reagan's War on Terrorism in NicaraguaDDC classification:
  • 327.7307285
LOC classification:
  • E183.8.N5.T73 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- 1 Imperialism, the Cold War, and the Roots of Revolution -- 2 Revolution in Nicaragua -- 3 Counterinsurgency-Counterterrorism -- 4 Harbor Mines -- 5 The Terrorist and the Freedom Fighter -- 6 Outlaw States -- 7 A War on Terrorism -- 8 War for Peace -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This study examines the Reagan administration's proxy war against Nicaragua and its use of the emergent threat of international terrorism as a pretext. It also analyzes the administration's conception of international law and argues that its Nicaragua policy set a precedent for the U.S. War on Terror in the twenty-first century.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- 1 Imperialism, the Cold War, and the Roots of Revolution -- 2 Revolution in Nicaragua -- 3 Counterinsurgency-Counterterrorism -- 4 Harbor Mines -- 5 The Terrorist and the Freedom Fighter -- 6 Outlaw States -- 7 A War on Terrorism -- 8 War for Peace -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This study examines the Reagan administration's proxy war against Nicaragua and its use of the emergent threat of international terrorism as a pretext. It also analyzes the administration's conception of international law and argues that its Nicaragua policy set a precedent for the U.S. War on Terror in the twenty-first century.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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