
Our Own Backyard
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In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador’s civil war in the late 1970s to the final regional peace settlements negotiated a decade later, he chronicles the dramatic struggles — in Washington and Central America — that shaped the region’s destiny. For good or ill, LeoGrande argues, Central America’s fate hinged on decisions that were subject to intense struggles among, and within, Congress, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the White House — decisions over which Central Americans themselves had little influence. Like the domestic turmoil unleashed by Vietnam, he says, the struggle over Central America was so divisive that it damaged the fabric of democratic politics at home. It inflamed the tug-of-war between Congress and the executive branch over control of foreign policy and ultimately led to the Iran-contra affair, the nation’s most serious political crisis since Watergate.
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- Cover Page
- Our Own Backyard
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations Used in the Text
- I Origins
- CHAPTER 1 A New Beginning
- CHAPTER 2 The Dragons' Teeth of War
- CHAPTER 3 From Carter to Reagan
- CHAPTER 4 The Vicar Draws the Line
- CHAPTER 5 A New Policy for Nicaragua
- CHAPTER 6 Tough Guys
- II El Salvador
- CHAPTER 7 The Tonic of Elections
- CHAPTER 8 The War Party Takes Control
- CHAPTER 9 The President Moves to Center Stage
- CHAPTER 10 The Politics of Murder
- CHAPTER 11 From Conflict to Consensus
- CHAPTER 12 El Salvador Disappears
- III Nicaragua
- CHAPTER 13 Launching the Not-So-Secret War
- CHAPTER 14 Gunboat Diplomacy
- CHAPTER 15 Bringing the War to a Head
- CHAPTER 16 Peace Offensive
- CHAPTER 17 Project Democracy
- CHAPTER 18 Getting Back in the Game
- CHAPTER 19 High Noon
- CHAPTER 20 Iran-Contra
- CHAPTER 21 Giving Peace a Chance
- CHAPTER 22 The Last Hurrah
- IV Denouement
- CHAPTER 23 A Kinder, Gentler Policy?
- CHAPTER 24 Why Were We in Central America?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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