Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992
- ISBN-10
- 0807848573
- ISBN-13
- 9780807848579
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 773
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-02-01
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- William M. LeoGrande
Description
A painstakingly researched, exhaustive, and lucid account traces the tug-of-war among the U.S. government's branches and agencies to produce a coherent, productive foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. UP.
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- 2009-11-18
- 792 pages
- Ebook
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- 1998
- 773 pages
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