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Articles 1 - 13 of 13
Full-Text Articles in Political Theory
Us And The Cold War In Latin America, Thomas Field
Us And The Cold War In Latin America, Thomas Field
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The Cold War in Latin America had marked consequences for the region’s political and economic evolution. From the origins of US fears of Latin American Communism in the early 20th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, regional actors played central roles in the drama. Seeking to maximize economic benefit while maintaining independence with regard to foreign policy, Latin Americans employed an eclectic combination of liberal and anti-imperialist discourses, balancing frequent calls for anti-Communist hemispheric unity with periodic diplomatic entreaties to the Soviet bloc and the nonaligned Third World. Meanwhile, US Cold War policies toward …
A Roundtable For Victoria M. Grieve, Little Cold Warriors: American Childhood In The 1950s, Thomas Field Jr., Julia L. Mickenberg, Lori Clune, Mary Brennan, Donna Alvah, Victoria M. Grieve
A Roundtable For Victoria M. Grieve, Little Cold Warriors: American Childhood In The 1950s, Thomas Field Jr., Julia L. Mickenberg, Lori Clune, Mary Brennan, Donna Alvah, Victoria M. Grieve
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Dr. Thomas Field introduces a roundtable discussion of Victoria M. Grieve's Little Cold Warriors: American Childhood in the 1950s, providing a synopsis of reviewer critiques before the reviewers expand on their views and the author responds.
H-Diplo Article Review 831- Field Jr. On D’Haeseleer. “American Civic Action: The National Campaign Plan And The Failure To Win ‘Hearts And Minds’ In El Salvador.”, Thomas Field
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The author - Dr. Thomas Field - reviews Brian D’Haeseleer's article “American Civic Action: The National Campaign Plan and the Failure to Win ‘Hearts and Minds’ in El Salvador.” This article appeared in Diplomacy and Statecraft, issue 26:3 (2015), on pages 494-513. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2015.1067527.
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author considers terrorism as a competitor for the legally constituted authority and power of governments.
Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor
Vestiges Of Communism And Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article illustrates several interpretive difficulties in employing personnel security criteria in the context of national security.
Terrorism As Defense, Defense As Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
Terrorism As Defense, Defense As Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes some definitional complexities of the construct terrorism.
Falling Dominoes In 2001: Nuclear Weapons And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor
Falling Dominoes In 2001: Nuclear Weapons And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes psychologies of inevitability and their foundations pertaining to nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
Ideologies That Kill: One Way In, No Way Out, Ibpp Editor
Ideologies That Kill: One Way In, No Way Out, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the phenomenon of ideology as an ineluctable trap from which there is no detour and no escape.
Trends. Head Count And Nuclear War: What To Believe, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Head Count And Nuclear War: What To Believe, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses three significant conundrums that arise in planning to deter nuclear war: 1. decapitation of the strength of the opposition; 2. lack of clear ontological validity for nuclear weapons-related language; and 3. the simultaneity of deterrence and provocation in one action.
Back To The F Scale: Milosevic As Authoritarian, Ibpp Editor
Back To The F Scale: Milosevic As Authoritarian, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the "fit" of Slobodan Milosevic's personality with the classic construct of the authoritarian as conceptualized by the initial form of the F Scale.
Nuclear Weapons In The 21st Century: Sense, Nonsense, No Sense, Ibpp Editor
Nuclear Weapons In The 21st Century: Sense, Nonsense, No Sense, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article considers commonly posited benefits of nation-states' possessing nuclear weapons.
A Place For Ahistoricism In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor
A Place For Ahistoricism In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article advocates for an ahistoricism in conflict resolution between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Wanted: New Methodologies For Peace, Ibpp Editor
Wanted: New Methodologies For Peace, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes problems with common methodological approaches to developing knowledge that will prevent war and attain peace.