Somoza Falling - Hardcover

Lake, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395419832 ISBN 13: 9780395419830

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1989

Synopsis

A former director of policy planning for President Carter, explores how foreign policy is made and offers an inside perspective of the workings of the State Department, using as a case study the fall of Anastasio Somoza

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'Carefully examines how our policy toward Nicaragua in 1978-89 emerged, describes the characteristics of the middle players in this decision-making process, and discusses the complexities which govern their two important groups--career officers and political appointees. The result is an insightful, objective, and clear account, based in part on frank interviews and personal experiences, that illustrates both policy-making groups' paradoxical positions and offers precise lessons to be learned from past dealings with Third World revolutions.' --Library Journal

About the Author:

He served as national security advisor to President Clinton from 1993 to 1996. He first joined the State Department in 1962, eventually serving as an aide to Henry Kissinger & returned to the department in the Carter Administration. He is currently a professor at Georgetown University & lectures extensively across the country. He live in Washington, D. C..

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0395419832
• ISBN 13: 9780395419830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 317