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Yankee No! Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.–Latin American Relations Alan McPherson HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge,Massachusetts London,England 2003 Copyright©2003bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData McPherson,AlanL. Yankeeno!:anti-AmericanisminU.S.–LatinAmericanrelations/ AlanMcPherson. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01184-8(alk.paper) 1.LatinAmerica—Relations—UnitedStates. 2.UnitedStates—Relations— LatinAmerica. 3.Anti-Americanism—LatinAmerica. 4.Dominican Republic—History—1961– 5.Panama—History—1946–1981. 6.Cuba— History—1959– 7.Venezuela—History—1935–1958. I.Title. F1418.M3732003 327.7308—dc21 2003051118 Tomyparents,allthreeofthem: MarieGuindonMcPherson,JamesMcPherson, andArthurSelin. Eachgavemesomethingirreplaceable. Contents Contents Contents Introduction 1 Anti-AmericanismasHistoricalProblem 1 The Road to Caracas 9 Or,RichardNixonMustGetStoned 2 Cuba, 1959 38 RevolutionaryAnti-AmericanismandU.S.Panic 3 Panama, 1964 77 ConservativeAnti-AmericanismandU.S.Pragmatism 4 Dominican Republic, 1965 117 EpisodicAnti-AmericanismandU.S.Containment Epilogue 163 TowardGlobalAnti-Americanism Abbreviations 173 Notes 175 Selected Sources 239 Acknowledgments 245 Index 249 Illustrations 1.“Itain’tth’man,mac—it’sth’uniform” 32 2.“Cubadenouncesbeforetheworld!” 61 3.“Twomoreabouttoblow” 69 4.TheWatermelonRiotof1856 80 5.Face-offatBalboaHighSchool,CanalZone 94 6.Panamanianevidenceof“aggression” 98 7.APanamanianversionoftheriots 99 8.DefyingaU.S.soldierinthestreetsofSantoDomingo 146 Yankee No!

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In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent decade in Latin American-U.S. relations. In Yankee No! Alan McPherson sheds much-needed light on the controversial and pressing problem of anti-U.S. sentiment in the world. Examining the roots of anti-Am
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