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Central America and the Reagan Doctrine

Edited by Walter F. Hahn
Reviewed by By Gaddis Smith
Fall 1987
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Edited by Walter F. Hahn
University Press of America (for the Center for International Relations, Bo
1987
318 pp.
$22.50

This compilation of 16 articles published in Strategic Review includes two devoted to the geopolitics of the Central American region, three on Nicaragua, six on regional issues, and five on U.S. policy. The main thrust is a plea for a bipartisan U.S. approach in the form of a Kennedy/Reagan doctrine based on the cold war principles developed in 1960-62.

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