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By Abe F. Lowenthal and Samuel F. Wells

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Introduction by Abe F. Lowenthal and Samuel F. Wells

"United States Policy Toward Central America" by Lynn E. Davis

"U.S. Interests and Options in Central America" by Richard E. Feinberg

"U.S. Policy Toward Central America and the Caribbean" by Lt. Gen. Ernest Graves

"The States in Central America and U.S. Policy Responses" by "Margaret Daly Hayes

"Toward a Viable U.S. Policy in the Caribbean" by Daniel James

"Discussion Paper on Central America" by Victor C. Johnson

"Policy Options for the United States in Central America" by William M. LeoGrande

"Dangers, Causes, and Options in Central America" by Charles William Maynes

"The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Central American Scenarios - 1984" by Richard L. Millet

"Winning Through Negotiation" by Robert Pastor

"Examining the 'Cuban Threat'" by Carla Anne Robins

"U.S. Policy in El Salvador: A Proposal" by Paul E. Sigmund

"Living with Central America" by Ronald Steele

"Central America 1982" by Viron P. Vaky

"United States Policy for Central America: Constraints and Choices" by Samuel F. Wells Jr.

"U.S. Policy Toward Central America: Past, Present, and Future" by Robert E. White

From the Introduction

On March 17, 1982, the Latin American Program and the International Security Studies Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars jointly sponsored a workshop on U. S. policy in Central America. The workshop was intended to look beyond the immediate question of the March 28th elections in El Salvador which were then attracting intense public and policy- making attention. The purpose of the meeting was to help focus the general debate on Central America which is now going on in the United States, and to clarify issues and policy choices.

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