The United States and Latin America After the Cold War

ISBN-13: 9780521717953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 278 str.

Russell Crandall

Opis

The United States and Latin America after the Cold War looks at the almost quarter-century of relations between the United States and Latin America since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. An academic and recent high-level U.S. policymaker, Crandall argues that any lasting analysis must be viewed through a fresh framework that allows for the often unexpected episodes and outcomes in U.S. Latin American relations. Crandall s book examines the policies of three post Cold War presidential administrations (Bush Sr., Clinton, and Bush Jr.) through the prism of three critical areas: democracy, economics, and security. Crandall then introduces several case studies of U.S. policy in Latin America, such as Cuba, Brazil, interventions in Haiti, Colombia, Hugo Chavez s Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina s financial meltdown."

Recenzje

'… a well-rounded work that addresses some of the most important elements of current US policy towards Latin America … Students of US–Latin American relations, as well as policy makers in Washington, will greatly appreciate this work.' Political Studies Review

Spis treści

1. Conceptual; 2. Presidential administrations: Bush Sr., Clinton, and Bush Jr.; 3. Democracy; 4. Security; 5. Economics; 6. Washington, the IMF, and financial meltdowns in Latin America; 7. Colombia: the narcotization of US policy; 8. Blowback: the drug war in Bolivia; 9. The United States vs. Hugo Chavez; 10. The United States vs. Daniel Ortega; 11. Brazil: ally or rival?; 12. Castro and Cuba; 13. The Haitian dilemma; 14. Mexico; 15. Conclusion.