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• catalog abstract "The role of third world countries in the grand strategies of great countries has always been uncertain. Having a low GNP, and consequently little real or latent military power, third world nations were considered unimportant from a military point of view. Yet great powers have traditionally been deeply involved in the periphery. Political scientist Michael Desch resolves this paradox, arguing that such areas can be of key importance for a variety of reasons. His discussion of the role third world nations can play in strategic matters is of particular relevance to developments in the post-Cold War world. When the Third World Matters examines U.S. strategy relating to Latin America at four critical points in history: World War I, World War II, the Cuban missile crisis, and the later Cold War. Desch shows how areas that appeared to have no inherent strategic interests nonetheless proved significant, either as a stopping point or entry way to some other, strategically important, area or as a foil to direct a rival power's attention from the main theater of action. The lessons learned from these cases, he argues, are of particular relevance to the making of U.S. post-Cold War strategy elsewhere in the third world - in Africa, the Middle East, or South Asia.".
• catalog contributor b4110539.
• catalog coverage "Latin America Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog coverage "Latin America Strategic aspects.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 20th century.".
• catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Latin America.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-207) and index.".
• catalog description "The keys that lock up the world : identifying great power interests in the periphery -- Zimmerman's gamble : World War I, Mexico, and United States' grand strategy -- Hitler's "secret map" and other plots" : Latin America in the grand strategies of the United States and the Third Reich during World War II -- "That deep mud in Cuba" : the strategic threat and U.S. planning for a conventional response during the missile crisis -- Turning the Caribbean flank : sea lane vulnerability during a European war -- Conclusion : the keys to the future.".
• catalog description "The role of third world countries in the grand strategies of great countries has always been uncertain. Having a low GNP, and consequently little real or latent military power, third world nations were considered unimportant from a military point of view. Yet great powers have traditionally been deeply involved in the periphery. Political scientist Michael Desch resolves this paradox, arguing that such areas can be of key importance for a variety of reasons. His discussion of the role third world nations can play in strategic matters is of particular relevance to developments in the post-Cold War world. When the Third World Matters examines U.S. strategy relating to Latin America at four critical points in history: World War I, World War II, the Cuban missile crisis, and the later Cold War. Desch shows how areas that appeared to have no inherent strategic interests nonetheless proved significant, either as a stopping point or entry way to some other, strategically important, area or as a foil to direct a rival power's attention from the main theater of action. The lessons learned from these cases, he argues, are of particular relevance to the making of U.S. post-Cold War strategy elsewhere in the third world - in Africa, the Middle East, or South Asia.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 218 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "When the Third World matters.".
• catalog identifier "0801845521 (hc : acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "When the Third World matters.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "When the Third World matters.".
• catalog spatial "Latin America Foreign relations United States.".
• catalog spatial "Latin America Strategic aspects.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 20th century.".
• catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Latin America.".
• catalog subject "327.7308 20".
• catalog subject "F1418 .D467 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "The keys that lock up the world : identifying great power interests in the periphery -- Zimmerman's gamble : World War I, Mexico, and United States' grand strategy -- Hitler's "secret map" and other plots" : Latin America in the grand strategies of the United States and the Third Reich during World War II -- "That deep mud in Cuba" : the strategic threat and U.S. planning for a conventional response during the missile crisis -- Turning the Caribbean flank : sea lane vulnerability during a European war -- Conclusion : the keys to the future.".
• catalog title "When the Third World matters : Latin America and United States grand strategy / Michael C. Desch.".
• catalog type "text".