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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part 1 The Soviet Union in Latin America -- 1 Soviet Power in Latin America: Success or Failure? -- 2 The USSR, Cuba, and the Revolution in Chile -- 3 The Soviet-Cuban Relationship: Symbiotic or Parasitic? -- Part 2 The Soviet Union in Africa and the Middle East -- 4 The Soviet Union and Southern Africa -- 5 The Soviet Union and Angola -- 6 Soviet Policy in the Horn of Africa: The Decision to Intervene -- 7 Soviet Policy in the Middle East: Perspectives from three Capitals -- 8 Soviet Policy Toward Ba'athist IRAQ, 1968-1979 -- 9 Changes in Soviet Policy toward Iran -- 10 Gauging Soviet Success in Africa and the Middle East: A Commentary -- Part 3 The Soviet Union in Asia -- 11 The Soviet Union in Afghanistan: Benefits and Costs -- 12 The Military and Security Dimensions of Soviet-Indian Relations -- 13 The USSR and Vietnam -- 14 The Soviet Union and Asean -- 15 On Soviet Asian Policy: A Commentary -- Part 4 The Context and Instruments of Soviet Policy -- 16 Soviet Muslim Policy: Domestic and Foreign Policy Linkages -- 17 Soviet Policy Toward the Developing World: The Role of Economic Assistance and Trade -- 18 The Second World, the Third World, and the New International Economic Order -- 19 The Effectiveness of Soviet Arms Aid Diplomacy in the Third World -- 20 Soviet Involvement in the Third World: Implications of US Policy Assumptions -- Part 5 Summary and Conclusions -- 21 The Soviet Union in the Third World: Successes and Failures -- Contributors.

Marked by sharp ideological divisions over civil rights, Vietnam, and federal power, the 1964 presidential campaign between Democrat Lyndon Johnson and Republican Barry Goldwater proved a watershed election in American history. Although Johnson defeated Goldwater in a landslide and liberalism seemed to ride triumphant, the liberal wave crashed almost immediately and conservatives came to dominate a resurgent Republican Party in the late twentieth century. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, this is the first historical account of this crucial election, and the transition it marked f

The Ukraine crisis has spawned an East–west confrontation that was generated by misperceptions on both sides: (1) by Russian perceptions of security challenges resulting from nato's enlargement, as Moscow reacted (and over-reacted) to the threat that Ukraine would become a member and, as such, would pose a danger to Russia; and (2) by Western blindness to (or lack of concern for) the genuine worries that the prospect of Ukrainian membership stirred in Russian minds. This article briefly examines the gradual strengthening of these mutual misperceptions as nato engaged in its process of enlargement. It argues that the prospect of Ukraine's imminent membership brought to a boil the long-brewing clash of assumptions about requirements for Europe's security.

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