Yankee no! : anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American relations / Alan McPherson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPherson, Alan L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Relations--United States.

Latin America.

Relations.

United States.

United States--Relations--Latin America.

Anti-Americanism--Latin America.

Anti-Americanism.

Dominican Republic--History--1961-.

Dominican Republic.

History.

Panama--History--1946-1981.

Panama.

Cuba--History--1959-.

Cuba.

Venezuela--History--1935-1958.

Venezuela.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin American -- U.S. relations. In Yankee No! Alan McPherson sheds much-needed light on the controversial and pressing problem of anti-U.S. sentiment in the world. McPherson examines the roots of anti-Americanism in one of its most fertile breeding grounds, Latin America. After surveying anti-U.S. movements since the hemisphere's independence from Europe, he focuses on the crucial years that witnessed the Cuban Revolution, the 1964 Panama riots, and U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. Deftly combining cultural and political analysis, he demonstrates the shifting and complex nature of anti-Americanism in each country and the love-hate ambivalence of most Latin Americans toward the United States. When rising panic over "Yankee hating" led Washington to try to contain foreign hostility, the government displayed a surprisingly coherent and consistent response, maintaining an ideological self-confidence that has usually outlasted a Latin American diplomacy torn between resentment and admiration of the United States. However, McPherson warns, U.S. leaders run a great risk if they continue to dismiss anti-Americanism as a superficial political tactic, ignoring its deeper causes.

In underscoring the many different dimensions to U.S. concerns about "why they hate us," McPherson offers a sweeping argument for reconsidering the unexpected diversity and duality in foreign countries' defiance of U.S. power. Written with dramatic flair, Yankee No! is a timely and compelling contribution to international history.

Contents:

Introduction: Anti-Americanism as Historical Problem 1

1 The Road to Caracas: Or, Richard Nixon Must Get Stoned 9

2 Cuba, 1959: Revolutionary Anti-Americanism and U.S. Panic 38

3 Panama, 1964: Conservative Anti-Americanism and U.S. Pragmatism 77

4 Dominican Republic, 1965: Episodic Anti-Americanism and U.S. Containment 117

Epilogue: Toward Global Anti-Americanism 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-244) and index.

ISBN:

0674011848

OCLC:

52335036