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RESOLVED: The United States should suspend military and financial support from any government without democratically elected officials.

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Subject Headings (use for Subject searching in Galileo)
  Democracy -- History.
  Democracy -- History -- 20th century.
  Democracratization -- History -- 20th century.
  United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
  United States -- Military policy -- 20th century.
  Authoritarianism -- History -- 20th century.
  World politics
  World politics -- 20th century.
  Intervention (International law) -- History -- 20th century.
  Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
  Anti-imperialist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
  Legitimacy of governments -- History -- 20th century.
  Military assistance, American -- History -- 20th century.

Books on 3 day Reserves for this Resolution (request at Circulation Desk)
Overthrow : America's century of regime change from Hawaii to Iraq E744 .K49 2006
The United States and imperialism E744 .N544 2001
Democracy at the point of bayonets E744 .P33 1999
Developing democracy : toward consolidation JC421 .D4918 1999
The Third wave : democratization in the late twentieth century JC421 .H86 1993
Prospects of democracy : a study of 172 countries JC421 .V29 1997
Democratic development & political terrorism : the global perspective JC423 .D44173 2005

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Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference, 2nd floor
The Encyclopedia of American political history Ref. E183 .E48 2001
Chronological history of U.S. foreign relations Ref. E183.7 .B745 2003
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy Ref. E183.7 .E52 2002
Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations Ref. E183.7 .E53 1997
Dictionary of American diplomatic history Ref. E183.7 .F5
Nation-building : a reference handbook Ref. E840 .W38 2004

A glossary of political theory Ref. JA61 .H65 2007b
The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of political thought Ref. JA61 .S37 2007
The Encyclopedia of political revolutions Ref. JC491 .E63 1998
Human rights worldwide : a reference handbook Ref. JC571 .K23 2006
Political handbook of the world Ref. JF37 .P6 2007
Political parties of the world Ref. JF2051 .D39 2002
CQ Congressional quarterly almanac plus Ref. JK1 .C66 v. 62 2006
The Europa world year book Ref. JN1 .E85 2007 [online]
The Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations Ref. JZ1160 .N65 2002

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia Ref. K48 .L44 2002
American treaties and alliances Ref. KZ236 2000

Programs at the Woodrow Wilson Center
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United States Institute of Peace
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UN General Assembly Report: 19 September 2006
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