Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence

ISBN-13: 9781107547056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str.

Tom Long

Opis

Using multinational sources, the book explores how Latin American leaders influenced US policy in the context of asymmetrical power relations.

Recenzje

'Tom Long's book does stand out for its analytical rigor and should pave the way for more theoretically motivated scholarship on US–Latin American relations.' Dexter Boniface, Latin American Research Review

Spis treści

1. Asymmetry, influence, and US-Latin American relations; 2. Operação 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.