Democracy Promotion, National Security and Strategy - 9781138828650

Taylor & Francis

Democracy Promotion, National Security and StrategyForeign Policy under the Reagan Administration\nAuthor(s): Robert Pee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138828650, 978-1138828650\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates the relationship between democracy promotion and US national security strategy through an examination of the Reagan administrations attempt to launch a global campaign for democracy in the early 1980s, which culminated in the foundation of the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983. \n\nThrough a case study of the formation and early operations of the National Endowment for Democracy under the Reagan administration, based on primary documents from both the national security bureaucracy and the private sector, this book shows that while democracy promotion provided a new tactical approach to the conduct of US political warfare operations, these operations remained tied to the achievement of traditional.