The geopolitics of security in the Americas : hemispheric denial from Monroe to Clinton / Martin Sicker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sicker, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics--United States--History.

Geopolitics.

Geopolitics--Latin America--History.

National security--United States--History.

National security.

International relations--Decision making.

International relations.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

Latin America.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sicker examines the role of the United States within the Western Hemisphere and the geopolitical and geostrategic factors that have helped shape its policies in the region. He demonstrates that such factors have contributed heavily to establishing the patterns of state development and interstate relations in the Western Hemisphere throughout its modern history. The prevailing geopolitical environment has been conditioned to a large extent by the emergence of the United States as the unquestionably dominant power in the extensive region. However, that status did not exist at the time it achieved its independence. It was brought about through almost incessant conflict with, and expansion at the expense of, other states, nations, and peoples over more than a century. As a result, the concerns and interests of the dominant power became and remain, of necessity, factors that states beyond the borders of the United States must take into consideration when pursuing their own national interests and policies. As Sicker amply demonstrates, failure to do so will often produce undesirable consequences for the offending state. As is clear, however, the states of the hemisphere have their own geopolitical interests and concerns independent of, and sometimes conflicting with, those of the United States. As Sicker shows throughout the volume, and especially in his analysis of inter-American conflicts, many of the nations of Latin America have unresolved territorial controversies with their neighbors that date to their origins as independent states. Because of this troubled geopolitical legacy, there have been numerous conflicts among the states of Latin America, some of which the United States has attempted to mediate or arbitrate, and some that seem impervious to a permanent negotiated settlement. This is a provocative analysis that will be of interest to scholars, students, researchers, and policymakers involved with inter-American relations and U.S. diplomacy.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction

1. The Doctrine of Hemispheric Denial

2. Applying the Monroe Doctrine, 1833-1870

3. Unilateralism Unleashed, 1877-1941

4. U,S-Mexican Relations, 1910-1940

5. The Doctrine of Nonintervention and Collective Security,

1923-1945

6. The Rio Treaty and the Organization of American States,

1945-1965

7. U.S. Intervention, 1970-1992

8. Inter-American Conflicts

9. On the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p.[173]-179 ) and index.

ISBN:

9798400656439

9786610315772

9781280315770

1280315776

9780313075766

031307576X

9780313048722

031304872X

OCLC:

613372824