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The Dictator Dilemma: The United States and Paraguay in the Cold War: Pitt Latin American Series

Autor Kirk Tyvela
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 mai 2019
The Dictator Dilemmatells the story of US bilateral relations with the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954–1989). Tyvela focuses on how and why that diplomatic relationship changed during the Cold War from cooperation, based on mutual opposition to communism, to conflict, based on clashing expectations concerning democratic reforms and human rights. The policy debates by officials in Washington and in Asunción brought out a tension that has defined US diplomacy for more than a century: how can the United States partner with tyrants while credibly proclaiming to advance a democratic mission in the world? Tyvela argues that the Stroessner regime was symbolic of a broader foreign policy struggle to perpetuate, enforce, and ultimately redefine the importance of friendly dictators to US global and hemispheric interests.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822965732
ISBN-10: 0822965739
Pagini: 261
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
Seria Pitt Latin American Series


Recenzii

“Kirk Tyvela has produced an excellent piece of scholarship based on multi-archival research.  His analysis of the U.S. approach toward Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner captures the essence of US policies toward Latin America during the Cold War. Tyvela further demonstrates how Stroessner adeptly manipulated Paraguayans and the United States.” —Stephen G. Rabe, University of Texas at Dallas

“Kirk Tyvela’s important new work puts into perspective how not only Stroessner consolidated his power locally by limiting dissent within his own political party (the Colorados) but also, more importantly for Tyvela, his regime was able to maintain stability and control by securing economic aid in the form of grants and loans from a compliant US government. . . . faced. This method of placing Paraguay within—and not apart from—a global context means that this text will have a readership beyond those interested solely in Paraguay, including those interested in understanding the history of the Cold War more broadly.” —Hispanic American Historical Review
 
“Kirk Tyvela’s important new work puts into perspective how not only Stroessner consolidated his power locally by limiting dissent within his own political party (the Colorados) but also, more importantly for Tyvela, his regime was able to maintain stability and control by securing economic aid in the form of grants and loans from a compliant US government.” —Hispanic American Historical Review
“Tyvela’s diplomatic history of the three-and-a-half-decade relationship between Washington and the Stronato offers a ‘top-down’ analysis focusing on how one U.S. administration after the next negotiated the inherent contradictions of prodemocratic rhetoric and dictatorial alliances. Though Tyvela’s monograph is far from the first to address this contradiction, it succeeds in integrating the oft-sidelined Paraguayan case into the inter-American Cold War literature.” —Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
 
“An ambitiously conceived, expertly researched, and engagingly told work of history. Tyvela has provided a landmark study of U.S.-Paraguayan relations, and a richly rewarding read for anyone with an interest in U.S. policy in Latin America.” Diplomatic History
 
“An excellent, detailed history of US relations with Paraguay during Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship from 1954 to 1989. omission, Tyvela’s work provides a finely contextualized analysis of an often overlooked but important figure in Latin America’s Cold War. Students of history, political science, and US foreign relations would do well to add this volume to their libraries.” —E.I.A.L.

 

Notă biografică

Kirk Tyvela is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Washington County.