Gullible superpower : U.S. support for bogus democratic movements /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carpenter, Ted Galen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2019]
Subjects:	Democratization > Government policy > United States. Democracy > Government policy > United States. United States > Foreign relations > 1989- United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989. United States > Foreign relations > 1977-1981.

Table of Contents:

A tradition of caution betrayed
The Nicaraguan contras: the "moral equal of America's founders"?
The Afghan mujahideen: holy warriors, not freedom fighters
Jonas Savimbi: the Reagan doctrine's greatest embarrassment
Washington empowers a ruthless Kosovo army
Color revolutions produce bleak outcomes
The Iraqi National Congress cons Washington
More suspect freedom fighters: Iran's MEK
The Obama administration's calamitous crusade in Libya
Washington bucks Ukraine's murky Maidan revolution
Into the Syrian maelstrom and another frustrating serach for elusive freedom fighters
America needs a new policy of skepticism and restraint.