David N Gibbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 218831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David N Gibbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | David N |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibbs |
| SIGNATURE | GIBBS D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Political Parties and International Relations
At the end of World War II, Britain possessed a vast African empire encompassing nearly 2.7 million square miles, about 10 times larger than Britain itself. But by 1965, only three small African territories remained under British control, all of which would become independent before the end of 1968. This book examines the swift demise of Britain's African empire, looking particularly at the role played by the United States in bringing the empire …
Covert Operations and Murder
Covert intervention in the Congo Crisis of 1960-61 has long been a taboo subject. At the time of the Crisis, little was publicly known about the efforts of the CIA and other Western intelligence services to manipulate events in the country. Academics and journalists almost unanimously avoided the topic. But overtime, details of secret operations have gradually leaked out, and the Congo Crisis is now considered one of the best documented covert ac…
The Political Costs of American Empire
Alfred McCoy has always had a knack for writing diplomatic histories that connect with contemporary public policy debates. In 1972, during Nixon's War on Drugs, McCoy published his study of heroin trafficking in Southeast Asia,1 which showed the close connections between narcotics and U.S. covert operations. The book remains a classic study of the international narcotics trade. More recently, McCoy produced a history of U.S. involvement in tortur…
The Road to Dallas
A Darker View of U.S. Policy in the Cold War
This book focuses on the politics of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, and this is clearly a timely topic. At the present moment, the importance of human rights has become a staple of American political discussion, among politicians in both political parties. The rhetoric of the Bush administration has emphasized the need to export democracy and fight tyranny, and this of course was one of the main public justifications (whether plausible or n…
Pretexts and US Foreign Policy
This article analyzes the way that US foreign policy elites have used pretexts to manage public opinion. Policymakers, it is argued, often seize upon threatening external events, and use these events to create a favorable political climate in which to “sell” policies of militarization and external expansion to the public. The article argues that the Bush administration has used the threat of terrorism as a pretext to implement a wide range of pol…
The United Nations, international peacekeeping and the question of 'impartiality
This paper analyses peacekeeping impartiality, i.e. the extent to which peacekeepers act in the interests of international peace and security, rather than the interests of specific states or other external actors. It reevaluates the question of impartiality through an analysis of the Congo operation of July-September 1960. This case study was selected because it was by far the most important instance of peacekeeping during the Cold War. Based upo…
Is peacekeeping a new form of imperialism
Phyllis Bennis, Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N., New York: Olive Branch Press, 1996. Pp.272. US$17.95. ISBN 1–56656–206–6
United States Foreign Policy toward Africa
Political Parties and International Relations
studies of the Korean War, international oil policy, and the Marshall Plan, considering the question whether or not domestic politics affect international relations, show that, in fact, they do.1 Diplomatic historians, being largely 'corporatists', differ on the precise roles taken by political parties and economic pressure groups in the making of foreign policy, but they now generally agree on the basic fact of their interrelation. Political sci…
Free at Last? U. S. Policy toward Africa and the End of the Cold War
Secrecy and International Relations
This article analyzes the question of information control and how it influences the conduct and the study of international relations. Three theories are advanced as possible explanations for secrecy: The first, the External Threat explanation, suggests that government secrecy is designed to protect sensitive information from external enemies. The second explanation, the Bureaucratic Politics explanation, views secrecy as a relatively unsystematic…
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Congo Crisis of 1960-1
TheCongo constituted the largest peace-keeping operation in the history of the United Nations, at least until recently, being only exceeded in scale by current actions in Yugoslavia, Cambodia, and Somalia. It included, during 1960-4, not only civilian advisers who helped run the central règime in Lèopoldiville, but also an army which, at full strength, comprised 19,000 troops. They intervened extensively in the politics of the country, thereby no…
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
Interventionism the manipulation of the internal politics of one country by another has long been a feature of international relations. practice shows no signs of abating, despite the recent collapse of Communism and the decline of the Cold War. In The Political Economy of Third World Intervention, Gibbs explores the factors that motivate intervention, especially the influence of interests. He challenges conventional views of international relati…
Secrecy and International Relations
This article analyzes the question of information control and how it influences the conduct and the study of international relations. Three theories are advanced as possible explanations for secrecy: The first, the External Threat explanation, suggests that government secrecy is designed to protect sensitive information from external enemies. The second explanation, the Bureaucratic Politics explanation, views secrecy as a relatively unsystematic…
Is peacekeeping a new form of imperialism
Phyllis Bennis, Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N., New York: Olive Branch Press, 1996. Pp.272. US$17.95. ISBN 1–56656–206–6
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
Interventionism the manipulation of the internal politics of one country by another has long been a feature of international relations. practice shows no signs of abating, despite the recent collapse of Communism and the decline of the Cold War. In The Political Economy of Third World Intervention, Gibbs explores the factors that motivate intervention, especially the influence of interests. He challenges conventional views of international relati…
The United Nations, international peacekeeping and the question of 'impartiality
This paper analyses peacekeeping impartiality, i.e. the extent to which peacekeepers act in the interests of international peace and security, rather than the interests of specific states or other external actors. It reevaluates the question of impartiality through an analysis of the Congo operation of July-September 1960. This case study was selected because it was by far the most important instance of peacekeeping during the Cold War. Based upo…
Political Parties and International Relations
studies of the Korean War, international oil policy, and the Marshall Plan, considering the question whether or not domestic politics affect international relations, show that, in fact, they do.1 Diplomatic historians, being largely 'corporatists', differ on the precise roles taken by political parties and economic pressure groups in the making of foreign policy, but they now generally agree on the basic fact of their interrelation. Political sci…
Pretexts and US Foreign Policy
This article analyzes the way that US foreign policy elites have used pretexts to manage public opinion. Policymakers, it is argued, often seize upon threatening external events, and use these events to create a favorable political climate in which to “sell” policies of militarization and external expansion to the public. The article argues that the Bush administration has used the threat of terrorism as a pretext to implement a wide range of pol…
Political Parties and International Relations
At the end of World War II, Britain possessed a vast African empire encompassing nearly 2.7 million square miles, about 10 times larger than Britain itself. But by 1965, only three small African territories remained under British control, all of which would become independent before the end of 1968. This book examines the swift demise of Britain's African empire, looking particularly at the role played by the United States in bringing the empire …
Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Congo Crisis of 1960-1
TheCongo constituted the largest peace-keeping operation in the history of the United Nations, at least until recently, being only exceeded in scale by current actions in Yugoslavia, Cambodia, and Somalia. It included, during 1960-4, not only civilian advisers who helped run the central règime in Lèopoldiville, but also an army which, at full strength, comprised 19,000 troops. They intervened extensively in the politics of the country, thereby no…
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
Interventionism the manipulation of the internal politics of one country by another has long been a feature of international relations. practice shows no signs of abating, despite the recent collapse of Communism and the decline of the Cold War. In The Political Economy of Third World Intervention, Gibbs explores the factors that motivate intervention, especially the influence of interests. He challenges conventional views of international relati…
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
The Political Economy of Third World Intervention
Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations, and the Congo Crisis of 1960-1
TheCongo constituted the largest peace-keeping operation in the history of the United Nations, at least until recently, being only exceeded in scale by current actions in Yugoslavia, Cambodia, and Somalia. It included, during 1960-4, not only civilian advisers who helped run the central règime in Lèopoldiville, but also an army which, at full strength, comprised 19,000 troops. They intervened extensively in the politics of the country, thereby no…
Political Parties and International Relations
studies of the Korean War, international oil policy, and the Marshall Plan, considering the question whether or not domestic politics affect international relations, show that, in fact, they do.1 Diplomatic historians, being largely 'corporatists', differ on the precise roles taken by political parties and economic pressure groups in the making of foreign policy, but they now generally agree on the basic fact of their interrelation. Political sci…
Free at Last? U. S. Policy toward Africa and the End of the Cold War
Secrecy and International Relations
This article analyzes the question of information control and how it influences the conduct and the study of international relations. Three theories are advanced as possible explanations for secrecy: The first, the External Threat explanation, suggests that government secrecy is designed to protect sensitive information from external enemies. The second explanation, the Bureaucratic Politics explanation, views secrecy as a relatively unsystematic…
United States Foreign Policy toward Africa
Is peacekeeping a new form of imperialism
Phyllis Bennis, Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N., New York: Olive Branch Press, 1996. Pp.272. US$17.95. ISBN 1–56656–206–6
The United Nations, international peacekeeping and the question of 'impartiality
This paper analyses peacekeeping impartiality, i.e. the extent to which peacekeepers act in the interests of international peace and security, rather than the interests of specific states or other external actors. It reevaluates the question of impartiality through an analysis of the Congo operation of July-September 1960. This case study was selected because it was by far the most important instance of peacekeeping during the Cold War. Based upo…
Pretexts and US Foreign Policy
This article analyzes the way that US foreign policy elites have used pretexts to manage public opinion. Policymakers, it is argued, often seize upon threatening external events, and use these events to create a favorable political climate in which to “sell” policies of militarization and external expansion to the public. The article argues that the Bush administration has used the threat of terrorism as a pretext to implement a wide range of pol…
A Darker View of U.S. Policy in the Cold War
This book focuses on the politics of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, and this is clearly a timely topic. At the present moment, the importance of human rights has become a staple of American political discussion, among politicians in both political parties. The rhetoric of the Bush administration has emphasized the need to export democracy and fight tyranny, and this of course was one of the main public justifications (whether plausible or n…
The Political Costs of American Empire
Alfred McCoy has always had a knack for writing diplomatic histories that connect with contemporary public policy debates. In 1972, during Nixon's War on Drugs, McCoy published his study of heroin trafficking in Southeast Asia,1 which showed the close connections between narcotics and U.S. covert operations. The book remains a classic study of the international narcotics trade. More recently, McCoy produced a history of U.S. involvement in tortur…
The Road to Dallas
Covert Operations and Murder
Covert intervention in the Congo Crisis of 1960-61 has long been a taboo subject. At the time of the Crisis, little was publicly known about the efforts of the CIA and other Western intelligence services to manipulate events in the country. Academics and journalists almost unanimously avoided the topic. But overtime, details of secret operations have gradually leaked out, and the Congo Crisis is now considered one of the best documented covert ac…
Political Parties and International Relations
At the end of World War II, Britain possessed a vast African empire encompassing nearly 2.7 million square miles, about 10 times larger than Britain itself. But by 1965, only three small African territories remained under British control, all of which would become independent before the end of 1968. This book examines the swift demise of Britain's African empire, looking particularly at the role played by the United States in bringing the empire …
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