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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Página 111
... pressure ap- pears to have been most important . It contributed indirectly to internal cohesion , in that U.S. training gave rise to a new cor- porate consciousness and self - confidence , and counterinsur- gency training subjected a ...
... pressure ap- pears to have been most important . It contributed indirectly to internal cohesion , in that U.S. training gave rise to a new cor- porate consciousness and self - confidence , and counterinsur- gency training subjected a ...
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... pressure and to distance it from U.S. policy . In the spring of 1985 , President Monge allowed himself to be used by the Reagan Administration in its lobbying effort for more aid to the contras . At the same time , however , the Costa ...
... pressure and to distance it from U.S. policy . In the spring of 1985 , President Monge allowed himself to be used by the Reagan Administration in its lobbying effort for more aid to the contras . At the same time , however , the Costa ...
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... Pressure on Nicaragua was producing defiance rather than humility . Weaknesses and cor- ruption in the Salvadoran armed forces had been highlighted by rebel victories , and Congress was balking at the prospect of steadily increasing ...
... Pressure on Nicaragua was producing defiance rather than humility . Weaknesses and cor- ruption in the Salvadoran armed forces had been highlighted by rebel victories , and Congress was balking at the prospect of steadily increasing ...
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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