America's backyard : the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror /

The United States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. America's Backyard tells the story of that intervention. Using newly declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest periods...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Livingstone, Grace (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : London : New York, NY : Zed Books ; Latin America Bureau ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Lateinamerika
1800-1999
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations
Social conditions
Außenpolitik
Internationale Politik
Latin America > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Latin America.
Latin America > Social conditions > 19th century.
Latin America > Social conditions > 20th century.
Amérique latine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Amérique latine.
Amérique latine > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Amérique latine > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Latin America
United States
USA
Amérique latine > Etats-Unis > 19e s. > 21e s. (début)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Monroe Doctrine to the Second World War
  • The Cold War : the Guatemalan coup and the Cuban Revolution
  • The Alliance for Progress
  • The military governments of the 1970s
  • Reagan and the Central American tragedy
  • The end of the Cold War, 1989-2001
  • George W. Bush and the 'War on Terror'
  • Why US drugs policy doesn't work
  • Money, multinationals and misery
  • Coca-Cola, cartoons and caricature
  • Postscript
  • Appendix A: US military interventions in Latin America in the twentieth century
  • Appendix B: Latin American dictators who took training courses at the School of the Americas.

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