Dealing with dictators : dilemmas of U.S. diplomacy and intelligence analysis, 1945-1990 / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, editors ; with Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson.

Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Dictators--Case studies.
Intelligence service--United States. --History. --20th century. --Case studies.
Totalitarianism--Case studies.
United States--Foreign relations. --1945-1989. --Case studies.

Other author/creatorMay, Ernest R.
Other author/creatorZelikow, Philip, 1954-
Other author/creatorLundberg, Kirsten.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Robert David, 1967-
SeriesBCSIA studies in international security
BCSIA studies in international security. ^A404022
Contents Introduction : Seven tenets / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow -- China, 1945-1948 : making hard choices / Ernest R. May, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- The Congo, 1960-1963 : weighing worst choices / Charles G. Cogan and Ernest R. May, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- Nicaragua, 1977-1979 : losing "our son-of-a-bitch" / Robert D. Johnson, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg -- Iran, 1978-1979 : coping with the unthinkable / Gregory F. Treverton, with assistance from James Klocke -- The Philippines, 1983-1986 : arranging a divorce / William E. Kline and James Worthen, with assistance from Kirsten Lundberg and Robert D. Johnson -- Iraq, 1988-1990 : unexpectedly heading toward war / Zachary Karabell ... [et al.] -- Learning from the cases / Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005058420
ISBN0262134594 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780262134590 (alk. paper)
ISBN0262633248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780262633246 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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