Reagan's war on terrorism in Nicaragua : the outlaw state / Philip W. Travis.

By: Travis, Philip W [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781498537186 (e-book)Subject(s): Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua | Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century | Nicaragua -- History -- 1979-1990Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reagan's war on terrorism in Nicaragua : the outlaw state.LOC classification: E183.8.N5 | T73 2017Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Imperialism, the Cold War, and the roots of revolution -- Revolution in Nicaragua -- Counterinsurgency-counterterrorism -- Harbor mines -- The terrorist and the freedom fighter -- Outlaw states -- A war on terrorism -- War for peace -- Epilogue.
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."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imperialism, the Cold War, and the roots of revolution -- Revolution in Nicaragua -- Counterinsurgency-counterterrorism -- Harbor mines -- The terrorist and the freedom fighter -- Outlaw states -- A war on terrorism -- War for peace -- Epilogue.

"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."--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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