The Third Century

U.S.–Latin American Relations since 1889

Mark T. Gilderhus, David C. LaFevor, Michael J. LaRosa

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781442257177
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

This text focuses on U.S. relations with Latin America from the advent of the New Diplomacy late in the nineteenth century to the present. Providing a balanced perspective, it presents both the United States' view that the Western Hemisphere needed to unite under a common democratic, capitalistic society and the Latin American countries' response to U.S. attempts to impose these goals on its southern neighbors. The authors examine the reciprocal interactions between the two regions, each with distinctive purposes, outlooks, interests, and cultures. They also place U.S.–Latin American relations within the larger global political and economic context.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction to the First Edition
• 1 Expansion, Empire, and Intervention, 1889–1913
• 2 Revolution, War, and Expansion, 1913–1929
• 3 Depression, War, and the Good Neighbor, 1929–1945
• 4 Cold War, Dependency, and Change, 1945–1959
• 5 Castro, Cuba, and Containment, 1959–1979
• 6 Cuba, the United States, and the World: From Mariel to Obama
• 7 The Limits of Hegemony? 1979–c. 1990
• 8 NAFTA to Now in Three Keys: Commerce, Conflict, and Culture
• Conclusion
• Selected Bibliography
• About the Authors