1. Studying U.S. Intervention in the Third World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Tables IX
4. Preface XI
5. PART ONE INTRODUCTION
6. 1. Studying U.S. Intervention in the Third World 1
7. PART TWO ORIGINS OF INTERVENTION
8. 2. The Evolution of the Interventionist Impulse 23
9. 3. The Development of Low-Intensity-Conflict Doctrine 37
10. 4. The Globalist-Regionalist Debate 55
11. PART THREE TOOLS OF INTERVENTION
12. 5. Economic and Military Aid 75
13. 6. Economic Sanctions 97
14. 7. Covert Intervention 113
15. 8. Paramilitary Intervention 131
16. 9. Direct Military Intervention 153
17. PART FOUR CONSTRAINTS ON INTERVENTION
18. 10. The Domestic Environment 175
19. 11. Government and the Military Establishment 193
20. 12. The Structure of the International System 209
21. 13. International Law 229
22. PART FIVE CASE STUDIES
23. 14. South Africa 247
24. 15. The Philippines 269
25. 16. Nicaragua 285
26. 17. Iran 303
27. 18. The Persian Gulf 321
28. 19. Panama 343
29. 20. The Arab-Israeli Conflict 361
30. PART SIX CONCLUSION
31. 21. U.S. Intervention in Perspective 385
32. Acronyms 407
33. Notes 411
34. Selected Bibliography 455
35. About the Contributors 467
36. Index 471
37. About the Book 490