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The Challenge of Democracy

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Chapter 20: Global Policy
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p. 652 - U.S. policy during the "cold war" successfully contained the spread of communism, but that foreign policy had domestic consequences. Go to Cold War Hot Links for a wide range of web sites compiled by anthropologist David Price at St. Martin's College in Lacey, Washington. For a more specific critique, published in 1967 by Senator George McGovern, go to Foreign Policy and the Crisis Mentality. McGovern's courageous critique of existing government policy helped label him as an "extreme liberal" and contributed to his landslide defeat in the 1972 presidential election against Richard Nixon.

p. 653 - In 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall gave a memorable speech at Harvard that set forth the Marshall Plan. Formally titled the European Recovery Program, it granted massive U.S. assistance for rebuilding the economies of European nations devastated by World War II. Listening to this speech requires installation of the free RealAudio Player. It is available from RealAudio.

p. 654 - Oakton Community College in Skokie, Illinois, maintains a superb web page on the Vietnam War and Vietnam today.

p. 664 - The World Trade Organization has the daunting task of regulating trade among its member countries, which number almost 150. This URL will introduce you to the WTO, its agreements and how it works.

p. 666 - The U.S. Department of Commerce takes the idea of Big Emerging Markets very seriously, as you can see from its web site.

p. 667 - Earth Summit Watch is a unique citizens' initiative to monitor and encourage actions by each national government to implement the promises made in the 1992 Rio conference and thereafter to move toward sustainable development.

p. 670 - President Johnson's Vietnam anguish contains secretly recorded conversations made by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the White House Oval Office. These tapes were released in February 1997 by the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. Listening to these audio files requires installation of the free RealAudio Player. It is available from RealAudio.
- Additional World Wide Web Resources from page 685
The State Department site contains extensive information about foreign service careers, as well as information on current policies concerning specific issues and countries.

After years of secrecy, the Central Intelligence Agency seems anxious to publicize itself to the world via the Internet. But its site does begin with a posted notice: "You are entering an Official United States Government System, which may be used only for authorized purposes. Unauthorized modification of any information stored on this system may result in criminal prosecution." That warning will undoubtedly deter spies from looking up information in the CIA's World Factbook.

The Center for Defense Information is a private, nongovernment research organization that serves as an independent monitor of the military. (You are kindly invited to sign its guest book when you enter.)

Amnesty International Online provides legal documents about human rights, information about human rights emergencies, and information for active participation to further the cause of human rights. In its defense of human rights, Amnesty International often causes trouble for our government when it seeks to conduct business with authoritarian regimes.

The International Affairs Network Home Page, maintained by the University of Pittsburgh, provides an excellent jumping-off point for all kinds of information about foreign affairs.

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