Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations

391 Pages·2015·4.08 MB·English

by  Michael J. LaRosa

Neighborly
Adversaries
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Neighborly
Adversaries
Readings in U.S.–
Latin American Relations
Third Edition
Edited by Michael J. LaRosa and Frank O. Mora
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
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To the Memory of a Teacher, Scholar, and Mentor:
Enrique A. Baloyra
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction: Contentious Neighbors in the Western Hemisphere 1
Michael J. LaRosa and Frank O. Mora
PART I: DISPARATE PERCEPTIONS:
EXPANSIONISM VERSUS ARIELISM 21
2 The Anglo-Saxon and the World’s Future 23
Josiah Strong
3 Our America 33
José Martí
4 Mark Twain 41
Philip S. Foner
5 Ariel 51
José Enrique Rodó
PART II: THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND
ORIGINS OF U.S. EXPANSIONISM 61
6 The Monroe Doctrine, 1823–1826 65
Dexter Perkins
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viii Contents
7 The Platt Amendment of 1901 77
8 The Real Monroe Doctrine 79
Elihu Root
9 Autopsy of the Monroe Doctrine: The Strange Story of
Inter-American Relations 87
Gaston Nerval
PART III: FROM TR TO FDR: INTERVENTIONISM
AND THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY 93
10 Leonard Wood and the White Man’s Burden 97
Lester D. Langley
11 Development of the Panama Policy in the Caribbean and
Central America (1902–1936) 109
Samuel Flagg Bemis
12 An Address to Congress on the Mexican Crisis (April 20, 1914) 113
Woodrow Wilson
13 The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy 117
Bryce Wood
PART IV: COLD WAR ARRIVES IN
LATIN AMERICA 125
14 The Impact of the Cold War on U.S.–Latin American
Relations, 1945–1949 129
Roger R. Trask
15 Latin America as a Problem in U.S. Foreign Policy 145
George Kennan
16 The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary
Change in Latin America 157
Cole Blasier
17 Did Eisenhower Push Castro into the Arms of the Soviets? 171
Alan Luxenberg
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Contents ix
PART V: CONFLICTING AIMS IN U.S.–
LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS: THE LATE
20TH CENTURY 187
18 The Alliance That Lost Its Way: A Critical Report on the
Alliance for Progress 191
Jerome Levinson and Juan de Onís
19 U.S.–Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy Issues 205
J. F. Hornbeck
20 Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in the Americas:
Major Trends in the 21st Century 215
Bruce Bagley
PART VI: CONTEMPORARY POLICY TRENDS
IN U.S.–LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS 239
21 Post–Cold War U.S. Latin American Policy: The Clinton,
Bush, and Obama Administrations 243
Frank O. Mora
22 Environmental Concerns Facing the U.S. and Mexico:
An International Perspective 265
Matthew C. LaFevor
23 Waiting on Reform: A Brief History of U.S.–Latin
American Immigration 277
Lance R. Ingwersen and Michael J. LaRosa
PART VII: CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL TRENDS:
U.S.–LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS ENTER THE
21ST CENTURY 299
24 Unfulfilled Promises: Mexico’s Complicated Century of Soccer 303
Joshua H. Nadel
25 No Mere Backyard: Latin American Television from
Dictatorship to Democracy 319
Andrew Paxman
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