Crisis and opportunity : U.S. policy in Central America and the Caribbean : thirty essays by statesmen, scholars, religious leaders, and journalists / edited by Mark Falcoff and Robert Royal.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-479) and index.

U.S. responsibility in Central America / Ronald Reagan -- On the Caribbean revolution / Fidel Castro -- Crisis and our opportunity / Kissinger Commission -- Cuban and Soviet dimension / R. Bruce McColm -- Development Alternative / Abraham F. Lowenthal -- Caribbean Basin initiative : pros and cons / Richard E. Feinberg, Richard Newfarmer & Bernadette Orr -- Struggle in Jamaica / W. Raymond Duncan -- Grenada and the 'moral high ground' / Charles Krauthammer -- Views of the American Catholic Bishops / James Hickey -- We should talk with Castro / Wayne S. Smith -- This time we know what's happening / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick -- Blind eye on Central America / George F. Will -- A culture of violence / John Kurzweil -- Turnabout in U.S. policy / Robert E. White -- People's struggle / Guillermo M. Ungo -- Rebel factions. Divided military / Shirley Christian -- Misconceptions about the role of the Church / Kerry Ptacek -- Case for Power-Sharing / Piero Gleijeses -- First kill the guerrillas / Richard Harwood -- Machete of injustice / Stephen S. Rosenfeld -- Somoza, Sandino, and the United States / Mark Falcoff -- U.S. Obsession With Communism / Richard H. Ullman -- Washington's lies and half-truths / Tomas Borge Martinez -- Nicaragua : a view from within / Miguel Bolanos Hunter -- Revolution betrayed / Eden Pastora Gomez -- Drift toward repression / Ronald Radosh -- Foreign Christians are a problem / Geraldine O'Leary de Macias -- Need for a 'Yankee oppressor' / Lawrence E. Harrison -- What's wrong with overthrowing the Sandinistas? / Charles Krauthammer -- Appendixes: Caribbean Basin Initiative. Contadora proposals for peace. War damage to the Salvadoran economy. Human rights progress in El Salvador.

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