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Neighborly Adversaries WEB.indb 1 2/19/15 1:57 PM WEB.indb 2 2/19/15 1:57 PM Neighborly Adversaries Readings in U.S.– Latin American Relations Third Edition Edited by Michael J. LaRosa and Frank O. Mora ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London WEB.indb 3 2/19/15 1:57 PM Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB, United Kingdom Copyright © 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield First edition 1999. Second edition 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available ISBN 978-1-4422-2645-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4422-2646-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4422-2647-0 (electronic) ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America WEB.indb 4 2/19/15 1:57 PM To the Memory of a Teacher, Scholar, and Mentor: Enrique A. Baloyra WEB.indb 5 2/19/15 1:57 PM WEB.indb 6 2/19/15 1:57 PM 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 vii WEB.indb 7 2/19/15 1:57 PM 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 WEB.indb 8 2/19/15 1:57 PM 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 WEB.indb 9 2/19/15 1:57 PM

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The history of U.S.–Latin American relations has been characterized by a complex fusion of tensions, collaboration, misperceptions, and intervention. Offering a balanced and interdisciplinary interpretation, this comprehensive reader traces the often-troubled relationship from the beginnings of th
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