The globalization of the Cold War: diplomacy and local confrontation, 1975-85/ edited by Max Guderzo and Bruna Bagnato.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Bruna Bagnato and Max Guderzo -- Part I: The Latin American Arena -- 1. Carter's New Look: US Foreign Policy in Latin America, 1977-80 Max Guderzo -- 2. Operation Urgent Fury: The Shift from Rhetorical to Military Offensive in Reagan's Global Rollback of Communism Stefano Luconi -- Part II: African Challenges -- 3. Libya, the United States and the Soviet Union: From the Rise of Qadhafi to Ronald Reagan's Policy of Pressure Massimiliano Cricco -- 4. Human Rights versus Cold War: The Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia and the Emergence of the Carter Doctrine Barbara Zanchetta -- 5. Carter and the African Morass: US Policy and the Failure of the State-Building Process in Angola and the Congo Maria Stella Rognoni -- 6. East-South Relations in the 1970s and the GDR Involvement in Africa: Between Bloc Loyalty and Self-Interest Sara Lorenzini Part III: War and Peace in Asia -- 7. The United States and the Iran-Iraq War: The Limits of American Influence Malcolm Byrne -- 8. The United States and the Third World in the Carter Years: The Case of India Mariele Merlati -- 9. The Sino-American Entente of 1978-9 and Its 'Baptism of Fire' in Indochina Enrico Fardella Part IV: A Different World 10. The International System after the End of the Cold War Ennio Di Nolfo.