Leiken Robert S Editor (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. American Foreign Policy Central America. VG in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published. Trade paperback. First printing. 718 pp. Covers lightly rubbed. Corners lightly bumped, curled, lightly creased. Spine square, tight. Last page has a list of pages in ball point pen. Rest of interior bright, clean. No marks. Very nice reading, reference copy.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Has some shelf wear, highlighting, underlining and/or writing. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book has the black remainder mark on the bottom side edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 6.25" x 9.25". x, 351 pages. Endpaper map. Remains of a mailing label on fep verso. Discusses the history of the region, examines the Soviet influence, and analyzes American policies toward Central America. This "Includes pathbreaking investigations of Central American armies, the Salvadoran guerillas, the Sandinistas, as well as Soviet/Cuban activities in the region. Also explores Washington policies, with a special critique of President Reagan's policies." Robert Solin Leiken (March 19, 1939 June 7, 2017) was an American intellectual, political scientist, and historian who worked at several U.S. universities and policy centers. Leiken earned a B.A. from Harvard University in English, in 1961, completing a thesis on Henry James. He went on to receive an M.A. from Harvard in history, in 1964. He attended Oxford University in 1961-1962, and later completed a doctorate in politics there, at St Antony's College. In 2003 he was awarded the Bosch Berlin Prize in Public Policy by the American Academy in Berlin. Upon returning to the United States in 1980, Leiken became a Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a research associate at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs, a visiting fellow at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and The Center for the National Interest. Leiken focus was to derive policy by patient, concrete and unbiased analysis. Among the contributors are Christopher Dickey, Walter LaFeber, Richard Millett, Arturo Cruz Sequeira, Morris Rotherberg, Theodore Moran, Joseph Cirincione, Leslie Hunter, Richard Feinberg, Robert A. Pastor, Leonel Gomez, Biron Baky, Howard J. Wiarda, Tom J. Farer, Barry Rubin, and I. M Destler. Among some of the topics covered are Sandinista, Foreign Policy, Economic Program, Central America, International Relations, Policymaking, Policy Process, Military Policy, Socialism, Soviet Union.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.