FDR's good neighbor policy : sixty years of generally gentle chaos / Fredrick B. Pike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pike, Fredrick B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Latin America--Relations--United States.

Latin America.

United States--Relations--Latin America.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Summary:

During the 1930s, the United States began to look more favorably on its southern neighbors. Latin America offered expanded markets to an economy crippled by the Great Depression, while threats of war abroad nurtured in many Americans isolationist tendencies and a desire for improved hemispheric relations. One of these Americans was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the primary author of America's Good Neighbor Policy. In this thought-provoking book, Fredrick Pike takes a wide-ranging look at FDR's motives for pursuing the Good Neighbor Policy, at how he implemented it, and at how its themes have played out up to the mid-1990s. Pike's investigation goes far beyond standard studies of foreign and economic policy. He explores how FDR's personality and Eleanor Roosevelt's social activism made them uniquely simpático to Latin Americans. He also demonstrates how Latin culture flowed north to influence U.S. literature, film, and opera. The book will be essential reading for everyone interested in hemispheric relations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Section I. The Great Depression and Better Neighborliness in the Americas

Section II. Inducements Toward Good Neighborliness

Section III. Ambivalence of Mood: North Americans Contemplate Latin Americans

Section IV. The Roosevelt Styles in Latin American Relations

Section V. Launching and Targeting the Good Neighbor Policy

Section VI. Security Issues and Good Neighbor Tensions

Section VII. Farewell and Welcome Back the Good Neighbor Policy

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-75576-7