Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 476 pages) : maps |
Contents |
1. Encountering Latin America -- 2. Acquiring Northern Mexico -- 3. Struggling over slavery in the Caribbean -- 4. Ending an era: regional hegemony over a defective people -- 5. Beginning a new era: the imperial mentality -- 6. Testing the imperial waters: confronting Chile -- 7. Excluding Great Britain: the Venezuela boundary dispute -- 8. Establishing an empire: Cuba and the war with Spain -- 9. Creating a country, building a canal -- 10. Chastising chronic wrongdoing -- 11. Providing benevolent supervision: dollar diplomacy -- 12. Continuing to help in the most practical way possible -- 13. Removing the marines, installing the puppets -- 14. Establishing the foundations of honorable intercourse -- 15. Becoming a good neighbor -- 16. Attacking dictatorships -- 17. Combatting Communism with friendly dictators -- 18. Combatting Communism with economic development -- 19. Two centuries later |
Summary |
"Excellent and well-written history of US foreign policy toward Latin America emphasizes often depreciative view that Washington statesmen had of their neighbors to the south. Based on extensive research of correspondence, speeches, and other foreign policy-related statements. Useful for specialists, undergraduates, and anyone interested in US/Latin American relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-459) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Politicians -- United States -- Attitudes
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy
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Politicians -- Attitudes
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Buitenlandse politiek.
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074894
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140114
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Moral and ethical aspects
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003959
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Latin America
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780674043282 |
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0674043286 |
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