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Somoza and Roosevelt : good neighbour diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1933-1945 / Andrew Crawley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawley, Andrew.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Somoza, Anastasio, 1896-1956.
- Somoza, Anastasio.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Nicaragua.
- United States.
- Nicaragua--Foreign relations--United States.
- Nicaragua.
- United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Andrew Crawley examines US non-intervention in another country's affairs, and how it could be detrimental both to the United States and to the country in question - in this case, Nicaragua. He analyses the relations between the United States and Nicaragua during the Depression and the Second World War - the period of Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy- and challenges theories about the role of the United States in the creation and consolidation of one of Latin America's most enduring authoritarian regimes. - ;Franklin Roosevelt's good neighbour policy, coming in the wake of decades of
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Becoming Good Neighbours; 2. Good Neighbour Diplomacy and Somoza's Rise to Power, 1934-1935; 3. Good Neighbour Economics in Nicaragua, 1933-1936; 4. A New Neighbour Takes Charge, 1935-1936; 5. Good Neighbour Diplomacy and Somoza's Retention of Power, 1937-1939; 6. The United States, Nicaragua, and World War II, 1939-1941; 7. The Good Neighbours at War, 1942-1944; 8. Becoming Bad Neighbours; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-16100-4
- 9786611161002
- 0-19-152652-5
- OCLC:
- 437094884
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