Vacca, Andrea (A.A. 2022/2023) The role of the United States in the democratization process in Nicaragua 1978-1990. Tesi di Laurea in History and politics of USA, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Gregory Alegi, pp. 132. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

United States foreign policy of exporting democracy. United States’ interpretation of democracy. Manifest destiny. Promotion of democracy or anti-communism? Democracy as a higher moral value. United States intervention in Latin America. The Monroe doctrine. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the good neighbor policy. United States influence in Latin America at the end of WW2. From good to bad neighbor. Why Nicaragua? Past relations between United States and Nicaragua. Regional security implications. Economic implications. United States involvement in the 1978-1990 political developments in Nicaragua. The fall of Somoza and the Sandinistas years. United States domestic reaction to the rise of the Sandinistas. Methodology of intervention. Attempt of recognition and the elections of 1990. Outcomes of the intervention in Nicaragua. Domestic outcomes in Nicaragua. From military intervention to democracy promotion: a shift in the United States’ foreign policy in Nicaragua and Latin America. International response. Legitimacy of the intervention.

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Bibliografia: pp. 120-126.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	History and politics of USA
Thesis Supervisor:	Alegi, Gregory
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Niglia, Federico
Academic Year:	2022/2023
Session:	Summer
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 15:03
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2023 15:03
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/37259

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