Sentinels of Empire: The United States and Latin American MilitarismBloomsbury Academic, 1986 M03 26 - 240 páginas This hard-hitting critique of US policy toward Latin America includes a historical sketch of US relations with individual countries. Black argues persuasively that the US has been the major oppponent of needed reforms in Latin American countries and the major proponent of predatory military establishments. The unwavering US goal, she believes, has been preservation of the established US empire in Latin America, but she cites differing strategies to attain this goal used by conservatives (President Reagan) and liberals (President Carter). She sees a weakening of US hegemony, however, as pressures for reform become irresistable. . . . This book should be read by all who view US policy toward Latin America as benevolent. Choice |
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... clear that security interests have always loomed large in the shaping of U.S. policy , it is less clear how such in- terests are defined and limited . The concept of security is emi- nently elastic . The boundaries of what is to be ...
... clear that security interests have always loomed large in the shaping of U.S. policy , it is less clear how such in- terests are defined and limited . The concept of security is emi- nently elastic . The boundaries of what is to be ...
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... clear that Somoza had lost the support even of the business community that had helped to sustain him in the past , and that he could not hold on to power , some of Carter's advisers sought a new democratic order . Others , however ...
... clear that Somoza had lost the support even of the business community that had helped to sustain him in the past , and that he could not hold on to power , some of Carter's advisers sought a new democratic order . Others , however ...
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... clear that the issue would be settled by armed con- flict and that if Somoza was to be routed it would be by the Sandinistas . Nicaragua's new Sandinista government , facing geopolitical realities and desperate economic needs , as well ...
... clear that the issue would be settled by armed con- flict and that if Somoza was to be routed it would be by the Sandinistas . Nicaragua's new Sandinista government , facing geopolitical realities and desperate economic needs , as well ...
Contenido
Confronting Nationalism and Social Change | 13 |
Advancing the Southern Frontier | 23 |
The Military Role Expansion of the 1960s | 39 |
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Sentinels of Empire: The United States and Latin American Militarism Jan K. Black Vista de fragmentos - 1986 |
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