Post-War Aid: What Kind and Who Decides?

Post-War Aid: What Kind and Who Decides?

One of the most wide-ranging po- litical battles unfolding in the wake of the Salvadoran peace accords concerns funding for
THE CONTRAS' CHAPLAINS

THE CONTRAS’ CHAPLAINS

REV. PHIL DERSTINE OF GOSPEL CRUSADE, Inc. in Bradenton, Florida keeps the U.S. govern- ment informed of his activities in
Benevolence or Intervention: Spotlighting U.S. Soft Power

Benevolence or Intervention: Spotlighting U.S. Soft Power

While the U.S imperial presence has emerged as a more or less acknowledged fact of the 21st century, popular references
Exporting and Importing Democracy, Law and Human Rights

Exporting and Importing Democracy, Law and Human Rights

Following the Vietnam-related dissolution of the Cold War consensus in the 1960s, the Democratic Party divided between “hawks” who favored
WHAT DOES THE U.S. WANT?

WHAT DOES THE U.S. WANT?

IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF VIOLETA CHA- morro's term. the United States intervened quietly, pri marily as the most
SOVIET COLLAPSE NOT SO RELEVANT

SOVIET COLLAPSE NOT SO RELEVANT

LATIN AMERICA WAS TRADITIONALLY AN area of marginal importance to the Soviet-bloc economy. The USSR and Eastern Europe developed sig-