Neighborly adversaries : readings in U.S.-Latin American relations / edited by Michael LaRosa and Frank O. Mora.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LaRosa, Michael (Michael J.)

Mora, Frank O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

Latin America.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Physical Description:

xii, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]

Summary:

The history of U.S.-Latin American relations has been marked by a complex fusion of tension, misperception, intervention, and cooperation. Providing a balanced and interdisciplinary interpretation, this comprehensive text reader traces the troubled relationship from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. The readings are framed by the editors' opening chapter on U.S.-Latin American relations and introductory essays for each part and each selection.

Presenting seminal works that spawned an entire generation of revisionist scholarship, the editors have juxtaposed diverse views from both Latin American and U.S. academics and policymakers on a wide variety of issues spanning two centuries. This unique structure will help students to evaluate opinions while gaining a deeper understanding of the historical trajectory of scholarship and policies surrounding U.S.-Latin American relations. This format, together with the comprehensive scope of the readings, will encourage students to read across the disciplines--essential for generating meaningful dialogue.

Contents:

1. Introduction: "Contentious Friends in the Western Hemisphere" / Michael LaRosa, Frank O. Mora 1

Part I Disparate Perceptions: Expansionism Versus Arielismo 19

2. "The Anglo-Saxon and the World's Future," / Josiah Strong 21

3. Ariel / Jose Enrique Rodo 31

4. "Wild People in Wild Lands: Early American Views of Latin Americans" / Fredrick Pike 41

Part II The Nineteenth Century: The Monroe Doctrine and Origins of U.S. Expansionism 59

5. "The Real Monroe Doctrine" / Elihu Root 63

6. The Monroe Doctrine, 1823-1826 / Dexter Perkins 73

7. Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine: The Strange Story of Inter-American Relations / Gaston Nerval 85

8. The Platt Amendment of 1901 91

Part III From TR to FDR: Interventionism and the Good Neighbor Policy 93

9. "Development of the Panama Policy in the Caribbean and Central America (1902-1936)" / Samuel Flagg Bemis 95

10. "An Address to Congress on the Mexican Crisis (April 20, 1914)" / Woodrow Wilson 101

11. The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy / Bryce Wood 105

12. Inevitable Revolutions / Walter LaFeber 113

Part IV Revolutions and Intervention: The United States in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Cuba 125

13. The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America / Cole Blasier 129

14. Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala / Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer 145

15. "Did Eisenhower Push Castro into the Arms of the Soviets?" / Alan Luxenberg 155

Part V The Cold War: Dictatorship, Development, Debt, Drugs, and Central America 171

16. "Latin America as a Problem in United States Foreign Policy" / George Kennan 177

17. The Alliance That Lost Its Way: A Critical Report on the Alliance for Progress / Jerome Levinson, Juan de Onis

18. "The Debt Crisis and Economic Development" / Riordan Roett 203

19. "Dope and Dogma: Explaining the Failure of U.S.-Latin American Drug Policies" / Bruce M. Bagley, Juan G. Tokatlian 219

20. Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua / Robert Pastor 237

Part VI A New Relationship in the 1990s: Benign Neglect or Engagement? 249

21. "Latin America Alone?" / Mark Falcoff 253

22. "United States Policy Toward Latin America: A New Era of Benign Neglect?" / Howard J. Wiarda 257

23. "Rediscovering Latin America" / Abraham F. Lowenthal 265

24. "NAFTA...and After: A New Era for the U.S. and Latin America?" / Peter Hakim 277

25. Summitry in the Americas: A Progress Report / Richard E. Feinberg 287

26. Official Documents of the Summit of the Americas (December 1994)

"Fourteen Summit Agenda Initiatives Presented by the United States to Governments of the Hemisphere" 301

"The Summit of the Americas Declaration of Principles" 308

"The Summit of the Americas Plan of Action" 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index.

ISBN:

0847693961

084769397X

OCLC:

41049704