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, 371 pages : map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2007]

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 reader traces the troubled relationship from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the post-9/11 period.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition of Neighborly Adversaries includes original essays on critically important issues such as immigration and the environment. In addition, a new section helps students of history, political science, and international relations understand the most important themes and topics that unify and divide the United States and Latin American nations today. The readings are framed by the editors' opening chapter on the history of the relationship, introductory essays for each part, and abstracts for each selection. Methodologically interdisciplinary, yet comparative and historical in organization and structure, this collection will benefit students and specialists of Latin America's complex historical, social, and political relationship with its northern neighbor.

Contents:

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

Part I Disparate Perceptions: Expansionism Versus Arielismo 17

2 "The Anglo-Saxon and the World's Future" / Josiah Strong 19

3 Ariel / Jose Enrique Rodo 27

4 "Wild People in Wild Lands: Early American Views of Latin Americans" / Fredrick Pike 35

Part II The Monroe Doctrine and Origins of U.S. Expansionism 51

5 The Monroe Doctrine, 1823-1826 / Dexter Perkins 55

6 The Platt Amendment of 1901 65

7 "The Real Monroe Doctrine" / Elihu Root 67

8 Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine: The Strange Story of Inter-American Relations / Gaston Nerval 75

Part III From TR to FDR: Interventionism and the Good Neighbor Policy 81

9 "Leonard Wood and the White Man's Burden" / Lester D. Langley 83

10 "Development of the Panama Policy in the Caribbean and Central America (1902-1936)" / Samuel Flagg Bemis 93

11 "An Address to Congress on the Mexican Crisis (April 20, 1914)" / Woodrow Wilson 97

12 The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy / Bryce Wood 101

Part IV Cold War Arrives in Latin America 109

13 "The Impact of the Cold War on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 1945-1949" / Roger R. Trask 113

14 "Latin America as a Problem in U.S. Foreign Policy" / George Kennan 123

15 The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America / Cole Blasier 135

16 Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala / Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer 149

17 "Did Eisenhower Push Castro into the Arms of the Soviets?" / Alan Luxenberg 159

Part V Development and Conflict in U.S.-Latin American Relations 175

18 The Alliance That Lost Its Way: A Critical Report on the Alliance for Progress / Jerome Levinson, Juan de Onis 179

19 Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua / Robert Pastor 193

20 "The Debt Crisis and Economic Development" / Riordan Roett 205

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

Part VI Latin America and the United States: from the 1990s to Post-9/11 235

22 "More Latin, Less America? Creating a Free Trade Area of the Americas" / Luisa Angrisani 239

23 "U.S. Immigration Policies in Historic Context: A Latin American Case Study" / Michael LaRosa, Lance R. Ingwersen 249

24 "The Forgotten Relationship" / Jorge G. Castaneda 263

25 "The United States and Latin America through the Lens of Empire" / Michael Shifter 275

26 "U.S. Influences in Latin America: The Environmental Impact of Trade and the Sustainability Agenda" / Wesley Ingwersen, Laura Avila 287

27 "Resistance and Alternatives to Globalization in Latin America and the Caribbean" / Richard L. Harris 303

28 "Beyond Benign Neglect: Washington and Latin America" / Arturo Valenzuela 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.

ISBN:

0742540464

0742540472

OCLC:

64592162

Publisher Number:

9780742540460

9780742540477