Dispatches from the Frontlines: Studies in Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics, and International Affairs [Paperback]

Dispatches from the Frontlines analyzes some of the worlds most contentious hotspots. It focuses on such compelling global issues as Third World development, the role of the state, corporatism, and foreign aid. Dispatches from the Frontlines is a thought-provoking book for anyone interested in foreign policy, comparative politics, and international affairs.Howard J. Wiardais the Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations in the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also a consultant on national security to the Department of Defense and adviser on research and publication. Wiarda has published widely on Latin America, foreign policy, developing nations, comparative politics, and international affairs.

Preface
Part I. Around the World
Chapter 1: Introductory Notes on Travel, Research, and Study Abroad
Chapter 2: The Marginalization of Latin America
Chapter 3: The Latin Americanization of the United States
Chapter 4: The United States and Europe
Chapter 5: Asia and America
Chapter 6: Europes Regions
Chapter 7: Perspectives on Iraq
Chapter 8: GreeceTurkeythe Greek IslandsCyprus
Chapter 9: African Democracy. By Ann P. Kryzanek
Chapter 10: Crisis in Eastern Europe
Chapter 11: Honduras as Metaphor
Chapter 12: Russia in an Ugly Mood
Chapter 13: Is Democracy Advancing, Regressing, or Being Redefined: Exploring: Alternative Meanings in Latin America
Chapter 14: The Baltics Endangered
Chapter 15: Brazil as a BRIC
Chapter 16: European Welfare States and American Health Care Reform
Chapter 17: Religion, Security, and the Future of Latin America
Part II. Global Issues
Chapter 18: Globalization
Chapter 19: Corporatism in the Modern World
Chapter 20: The Candidates and their Foreign Policy Teams