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"Our Hemisphere"? : The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century /

An accessible course book on U.S.-Latin American relations"Our Hemisphere"? uncovers the range, depth, and veracity of the United States' relationship with the Americas. Using short historical vignettes, Britta and Russell Crandall chart the course of inter‑American relations from 177...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Crandall, Britta H. (Autor), Crandall, Russell C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Time Line of Our Stories
  • Introduction
  • Part I Continental Consolidation and Conquest, 1776-1898
  • 1. The Black Spartacus Who Balanced Washington
  • 2. When Americans Loved Simón Bolívar
  • 3. La Doctrina Monroe
  • 4. Destiny Manifested
  • 5. A Lone Star Is Born
  • 6. A Wicked War
  • 7. California Conquest
  • 8. ¡Viva Grant!
  • Part II Empire to Amigos, 1898-1940s
  • 9. Yellow Fever
  • 10. TR's Soft Talk and Big Stick
  • 11. Mr. Roosevelt's Canal
  • 12. Imperial Idealism
  • 13. Hunting Sandino
  • 14. Sumner Welles Goes to Havana
  • 15. Nuestro Petróleo
  • 16. The Shadow War
  • Part III Hot Cold War, 1950-1991
  • 17. Mr. Kennan Goes to Latin America
  • 18. Getting Jacobo
  • 19. Containing Cuba: A Perfect Failure
  • 20. Washington and the Dominican Republic: Part One: Our S.O.B.
  • 21. Washington and the Dominican Republic: Part Two: Intervention
  • 22. A Very Brazilian Coup
  • 23. Killing Che
  • 24. What Really Happened in Chile?
  • 25. Guatemala's "Scorched Communists"
  • 26. Nicaragua under the Sandinistas
  • 27. Why Invade Grenada?
  • 28. The Salvador Option
  • 29. Getting Rid of Pinochet
  • Part IV Post-Cold War, 1989-: Power and Agency in a Post-Hegemonic Hemisphere
  • 30. Invading Panama
  • 31. The Washington Consensus Goes South
  • 32. Haitian Tragedy: Act One:
  • 33. Haitian Tragedy:
  • 34. Haitian Tragedy:
  • 35. Supply Side:
  • 36. Supply Side:
  • 37. Supply Side:
  • 38. The (Almost) Coup in Caracas
  • 39. El Narco Mexicano:
  • 40. Washington-Havana Whiplash
  • 41. Poor Mexico:
  • 42. Exodus from the Northern Triangle
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index