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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Latin American arena -- -- 1. Carter's new look: US foreign policy in Latin America, 1977-80 -- 2. Operation Urgent Fury: The shift from rhetorical to military offensive in Reagan's global rollback of communism -- -- Pt. II. African challenges -- -- 3. Libya, the United States and the Soviet Union: From the rise of Qadhafi to Ronald Reagan's policy of pressure -- 4. Human rights versus Cold War: The Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia and the emergence of the Carter Doctrine -- 5. Carter and the African morass: US policy and the failure of the state-building process in Angola and the Congo -- 6. East-South relations in the 1970s and the GDR involvement in Africa: Between bloc loyalty and self-interest -- -- Pt. III. War and peace in Asia -- 7. United States and the Iran-Iraq war: The limits of American influence -- 8. United States and the Third World in the Carter years: The case of India -- 9. Sino-American entente of 1978-79 and its 'baptism of fire' in Indochina -- -- Pt. IV. A different world -- -- 10. International system after the end of the Cold War.