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

Publication Data

• Title America's backyard : the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror
• Author Grace Livingstone
• Publisher Zed
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Latin America :: Foreign relations :: United States
• United States :: Foreign relations :: Latin America
• Latin America :: Social conditions :: 19th century
• Latin America :: Social conditions :: 20th century
• Latin America
• United States

America's backyard : the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror by Grace Livingstone. ISBN 9781848132146. Published by Zed in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.