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Intimate ties, bitter struggles : the United States and Latin America since 1945 /

"Over the last sixty years, the relationship between the United States and Latin America has been marred by ideological conflict, imbalances of power, and economic disparity. The disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, U.S. support for dictator Augusto Pinochet in Chile, and the Contra War in Nicaragu...

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Основен автор: McPherson, Alan L.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ℗♭2006.
Издание: 1st ed.
Серия: Issues in the history of American foreign relations.
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Съдържание:
  • List of illustrations
  • Series editor's note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : unequal interdependence
  • Chapter 1. Chills : Cold War, dictatorship, and rising expectations, 1945-58
  • Chapter 2. Blowbacks : anti-U.S. sentiment, socialism, and U.S. gunboats, 1959-69
  • Chapter 3. Dirty wars : industrialization, human rights, and the violence of poverty, 1970-80
  • Chapter 4. Wreckages : proxy wars, debt, and defiant strongmen, 1981-90
  • Chapter 5. Transnationalisms : neoliberalism, drugs, and Latina America, 1991-2005
  • Conclusion : food for thought
  • Appendix of documents
  • 1. Spruille Braden and the State Department : The Blue Book on Argentina, 1946
  • 2. Roy R. Rubottom Jr. : Communism in the Americas, 1958
  • 3. Juscelino Kubitschek : Operation Pan-America, 1958
  • 4. John F. Kennedy : Announcing the Alliance for Progress, 1961
  • 5. Alberto Lleras : Report on the Alliance for Progress, 1963
  • 6. Thomas Mann : Against an Invasion of Cuba, 1961
  • 7. John F. Kennedy and Advisors : Discussing Options Against Missiles in Cuba, October 16, 1962
  • 8. Fidel Castro to Nikita Khrushchev : Warning of a U.S. Invasion, October 26, 1962
  • 9. Nikita Khrushchev to Fidel Castro : Remaining Calm Against U.S. Aggression, October 28, 1962
  • 10. Senator William Fulbright : Criticizing the U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Crisis, 1965
  • 11. Henry Kissinger and Cesar Augusto Guzzetti : Advising the Argentine Military on Dealing With Dissent, 1976
  • 12. Nelson Rockefeller : Reporting on the Americas, 1969
  • 13. Jimmy Carter : Loosening Tensions With Cuba, 1977
  • 14. Gustavo Guiterrez : Liberation Theology, 1971
  • 15. Daniel Ortega : The Sandinistas' Relationship With the United States, Interview, 1997
  • 16. John Negroponte : Soviet Intervention in Central America, Interview, 1997
  • 17. The Santa Fe Commission : Renewing the Cold War in Latin America, 1980
  • 18. CIA : Secret Cable on a Guatemalan Massacre, 1981
  • 19. Iran-Contra Report : Findings, Indictments, and Pardons, 1993
  • 20. Clinton White House : Answering Critics of NAFTA, 1993
  • 21. Rigoberta Menchu : Indigenous Activism and Guatemala, Interview, 1992
  • 22. Foreign Ministers of the Americas : Diversity and Civil Society in the FTAA, 2003
  • 23. Jean-Bertrand Aristide : Democracy, Poverty, and Women's Activism, 1996
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.