United States policy in Latin America : a decade of crisis and challenge / edited by John D. Martz. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martz, John D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993.

United States--Foreign relations--1993-2001.

Latin America--Foreign relations--1980-.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 407 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Companion volume to superb work edited by Martz (1988) which follows its excellent example. Thirteen prominent scholars offer important critique of US policy, exploring processes, key bilateral relations, and critical problems in context of dramatically changing Latin American and evolving post-Cold War period"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Contents:

Pt.1. Policymaking and crisis management. The Reagan Administration : on its own petard / Robert A. Pastor

From Reagan to Bush : continuity and change in U.S. Latin American Policy / Howard J. Wiarda

The Grenada Invasion : approaches to understanding / Michael J. Kryzanek

The Bush administration and the invasion of Panama : explaining the choice and timing of the military option / Steve C. Ropp

Pt.2. Bilateral Relations. U.S.-Mexican relations : the challenge of NAFTA / George W. Grayson

Brazil and the United States / Eul-Soo Pang

Central America and the United States : cycles of containment and response / John A. Booth

Latin America, Cuba, and the United States : from the eighties to the nineties / Enrique A. Baloyra

(cont.) Pt.3. Toward the twenty-first century : challenges and opportunities. The debt crisis and economic development / Riordan Roett

Policy toward western hemisphere immigration and human rights / Christopher Mitchell

Drug control and U.S. hegemony / William O. Walker III

The United States and Latin America in the world / Joseph S. Tulchin

The championing of democracy abroad : lessons from Latin America / John D. Martz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-585-31439-X