Latin America Confronts the United States

Latin America Confronts the United States

Asymmetry and Influence

Long, Tom (University of Reading)

Cambridge University Press

11/2015

274

Dura

Inglês

9781107121249

15 a 20 dias

Drawing on studies of foreign policy and international relations, the book explores how Latin American leaders influenced US policy in the context of asymmetrical power relations. It provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-American relations challenging earlier, US-centric explanations of these momentous events.
1. Asymmetry, influence, and US-Latin American relations; 2. Operacao Pan-Americana: fighting poverty and fighting Communism; 3. Completing the nation: Omar Torrijos and the long quest for the Panama Canal; 4. A recalculation of interests: NAFTA and Mexican foreign policy; 5. An urgent opportunity: the birth of Plan Colombia; 6. Conclusions; References.