Global security watch-- Venezuela
By: Daniel Charles Hellinger
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780313393037; 9780313393044
Subjects: Politics and government; Strategic aspects; National security; Relations; Foreign relations
Other titles: Venezuela
Description: " ... Traces the political relations between the United States and Venezuela from the early roots based in Pan Americanism to the domestic and foreign policies of the Chávez regime, including petro-diplomacy. This book provides a serious examination of the allegations about Venezuelan involvement in the drug trade, terrorism, and intervention ; the view that the unilateralism of the United States threatens world peace ; and the future of relations between the two countries"--Cover, p. [4].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: hegemony, security, managing conflict; title: Historical roots of contemporary tensions between the United States and Venezuela; title: Soft power and the Chávez record at home; title: Oil, petro-diplomacy, trade; title: Terrorism, drug trafficking, intervention, military issues; title: Global and regional change, and the Chávez challenge; title: The need for enemies, the imperative for cooperation; title: Appendix A: Biographies; title: Appendix B: Chronology; title: Appendix C: Documents; title: Glossary.