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What do the South Vietnamese government, the Shah and Ferdinand Marcos have in common? All were allied to the United States; all defied democratic and liberal norms; and all three fell in a blaze, creating problems for the United States. In each case the problem arose in large part because Washington pursued security interests, while the public reacted against humanitarian abuses; and the contradiction led to disaster. These three cases - and another eighteen more - are the subject of "Friendly Tyrants", the first study to survey the problem of U.S. government relations with pro-American authoritarian rulers. Working over a three-year period, a group of specialists and government officials draw conclusions that offer guidelines to help understand the problem and to make policy for the future.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Central government

• Full title: Friendly Tyrants
• Subtitle: An American Dilemma
• Author: Adam Garfinkle, Daniel Pipes
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 542
• EAN: 9780333543757
• ISBN: 0333543750
• ID: 04595153
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 873 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 37 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. October 1991

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