Hot Spot: Latin AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 28. feb. 2008 - 288 síđur From border crime in Mexico to Chavez's revolution in Venezuela, this volume presents up-to-the-minute coverage of the key conflicts, corruption, and revolutionary movements simmering or raging in every region of Latin America. In-depth, comprehensive chapters explore drug wars, immigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil, and political instability, including: The Zapatista Rebellion, the Darien Gap controversy, Evo Morales, Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and Tupac Amaru, the Falklands, and Guantanamo Bay. |
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... Critical Threats to Vital U.S. Interests The terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 , produced a heightened sense of threat and vulnerability among the American public , especially threats from international terrorism and unfriendly ...
... Critical Threat International terrorism Chemical and biological weapons Unfriendly countries becoming nuclear powers ... critical threats declined dra- matically , while the most critical threats remained the same : international ...
... critical threats and can easily change when per- ceptions of foreign policy elites and the public change . Threat percep- tions based on security fears change over time and are often more subjective than objective in how they are used ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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