From Library Journal
The author, a special assistant to President Reagan and National Intelligence Officer for Latin America at the CIA, is still fighting the Cold War. He analyzes five conflicts in the context of American-Soviet relations--Afghanistan, Cambodia, Angola, Mozambique, Nicaragua--arguing that, "the USSR has been more effective than the United States in achieving its foreign policy objectives." Nonetheless, he suggests that the modest successes of anti-Communist movements in these countries may have encouraged the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. Menges wants the U.S. government to encourage democratic reform yet maintain a deterrent posture to win these "twilight struggles" and totally end the Cold War. Informed laypersons will find his thoughts of interest.
- John Yurechko, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- John Yurechko, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
