Reagan's war on terrorism in Nicaragua : the outlaw state /

Reagan's war on terrorism in Nicaragua : the outlaw state /

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. Wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Travis, Philip W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Terrorism > Prevention > Government policy > United States > History.
International law > United States > History > 20th century.
Counterrevolutions > Nicaragua > History.
Nicaragua > History > 1979-1990.
United States > Foreign relations > Nicaragua.
Nicaragua > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Military policy > History > 20th century.
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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.
Physical Description:ix, 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
ISBN:9781498537179 (cloth : alk. paper)
1498537170 (cloth : alk. paper)