Paraguay and the United States : distant allies / Frank O. Mora and Jerry W. Cooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mora, Frank O.

Contributor:

Cooney, Jerry W. (Jerry Wilson), 1940-

Series:

United States and the Americas.

The United States and the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--Paraguay--History.

Americans.

United States--Foreign relations--Paraguay.

United States.

Paraguay--Foreign relations--United States.

Paraguay.

Paraguay--History--19th century.

Paraguay--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ranging from the 1840s through the early twenty-first century, this study of shared political, economic, and cultural histories fills significant gaps in our understanding of Paraguayan-U.S. relations. Frank O. Mora and Jerry W. Cooney tell how an initially rocky beginning between the two countries, marked by diplomatic posturing, shows of military force, and failed business schemes, gave way to a calmer period during which the United States backed Paraguay's territorial claims against its neighbors, prospects grew brighter for American entrepreneurs, and Paraguay embraced Pan-Americanism. It was not until the 1930s that the two countries engaged in earnest as the United States attempted to mediate the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. Then, as the authors write, "hemispheric solidarity in World War II, the cold war in Latin America, the 'balance of power' among states in the Río de la Plata, and the question of U.S. support for, or aid to, Latin American dictators" became matters of mutual interest. The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) spanned much of this era, and a shared attitude of realpolitik typified U.S.-Paraguayan relations during his rule. Post-Stroessner, the United States has stood by Paraguay during its transition to democracy, despite lingering concerns about such issues as drug trafficking and intellectual piracy. The countries should grow closer with time, the authors conclude, if Paraguay resists the continent's leftward political shift and remains a solid partner in U.S. antiterror initiatives in South America.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. A Troubled Beginning""; ""2. A Distant Relationship""; ""3. War and the Search for Peace""; ""4. Civil War and Hemispheric Security, 1939�1954""; ""5. Our Man in Asunción: Anticommunism, 1954 �1961""; ""6. Alliance for Progress and the Ricord Affair, 1962�1976""; ""7. Human Rights and “Democracy by Pressure,� 1977�1989""; ""8. Safeguarding Democracy in Paraguay, 1989�2000""; ""9. Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographical Essay""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-318) and index.

ISBN:

9786612919572

9781282919570

1282919571

9780820338989

0820338982

OCLC:

692327515