Political Instability and American Foreign Policy The Middle Options [Paperback]

A study of post-war US policy towards countries which are politically unstable or in a pre-revolutionary situation. Orme argues that the middle options have played a prominent role in US policy and, flawed though they are, some of them will remain the best alternative in the future.Reformist intervention; the perils of liberalization; the elusive political solution; conciliation with revolutionary regimes.