Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Human Rights in the Realpolitik Debate
The National Interest
The Neoconservative Proposal
The Neorealist Proposal
Which Human Rights?
Human Rights as a Policy Choice
U.S. Human Rights Foreign Policy: A Realpolitik Alternative
2. Approaching the Human Rights Problem
Comparing Foreign Policy Decisions
Foreign Policy Instruments
3. Iran: High Stakes for U.S. Interests--Low Priority for Democracy
Iran Under the Shah
Iran Unravels and Revolution Erupts: 1977 to 1979
Iran's Revolution and the Failure of Moderate Politics
The U.S. Presence in Prerevolutionary Iran
The Coming of the Revolution: U.S. Support of the Shah
The United States and Postrevolutionary Iran
The United States in Iran: Problems and Policies
The Lessons of Neoconservatism Examined
The Neorealist Perspective Reviewed
4. Nicaragua: Useful Policies Rendered Impotent
Nicaragua under the Somozas
Revolution in Nicaragua
Nicaragua after Somoza
United States-Nicaraguan Relations before the Revolution
After the Revolution: United States-Nicaraguan Relations
The United States in Nicaragua: Policy and Problems
Nicaragua and the U.S. National Interest
The Lessons of Neoconservatism Examined
The Neorealist Perspective Reviewed
5. The Philippines: U.S. Foreign Policy--An Inadvertent Success
The U.S. presence in the Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos (1965-1986): From Weak Democracy to Dictatorship
United States-Philippine Relations During the Marcos Years
Marcos and U.S. Interests
Washington Ignores a Deteriorating Philippines
Protecting U.S. Interests: The Role of Diplomacy
U.S. Policy and the Postrevolutionary Philippines
Realpolitick in the Philippines
U.S. Policy in the Philippines: An Inadvertent Success
The Lessons of Neoconservatism Examined
The Neorealist Perspective Reviewed
6. Summary and Conclusion
Instruments of Foreign Policy to Support Human Rights
U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad: The Cases Summarized
Realpolitik Reassessed
Targeting the Moderates: An Alernative Realpolitik Human Rights Foreign Policy
Alternative Approaches to the Study of Democratic Transition and Human Rights
Protecting Human Rights Abroad: Moral Pursuit in the Interest of Realpolitik
Tables
Iran 3-1: U.S. Military Assistance and Sales 1967-1980
Iran 3-2: U.S. Economic Assistance 1967-1981
Nicaragua 4-1: U.S. Economic Assistance 1967-1980
Nicaragua 4-2: U.S. Military Assistance and Sales 1967-1980
Philippines 5-1: U.S. Military Assistance and Sales 1967-1986
Philippines 5-2: U.S. Economic Assistance 1967-1985
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index